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Assessing the socio-economic determinants of women participation in crop cultivation in Adamawa State, Nigeria


Muhammad R. Ja’afar-Furo
Khalid Bello
Agnes Philips Madanga

Abstract

Women's active involvement in crop production plays a crucial role in ensuring food security and sustaining rural livelihoods. This study determined the socio-economic characteristics that influenced women’s participation in crop production in Adamawa State, Nigeria. A Multi-stage, random and purposive methods of sampling were used to generate 220 respondents from eight local government areas. Structured questionnaire, group discussion and interview schedules were used for primary data collection. Descriptive statistics, regression analysis, gross margin analysis, and multicollinearity tests provided insights into the intricate relationships between variables. Findings revealed the key roles of education, farming experience, household size, and farm size in significantly (p <0.05) determining women's participation in crop production. A cost-benefit ratio of .079 indicated fairly profitable enterprises in the State. Major identified challenges among women farmers included inaccessibility to credit facility, lack of extension services and expensive farm inputs. Policymakers need to ssubsidise farm inputs for women and make credit facilities available to them, with the intention of improving productivity and by extension sustainable rural community development.


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