Gender analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of beef markers in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study dealt with gender analysis of the socioeconomic characteristics of respondents. Primary and secondary data were used to accomplish the objective of the study. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select respondents for the study. Data collected were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the gender analysis of socioeconomic characteristics of beef marketers indicated that male dominated the beef marketing accounting for more than 60% of the beef sellers operating in the market It is established in this study that beef marketing is gender specific given that in all the local government areas of Ekiti State beef marketing is dominated by male with females accounting for negligible percentage of the respondents. Bas ed on the outcome of this study government at various level should encourage the participation of female fold to reduce the wide gap creating imbalance between males and female beef marketers in the study areas.