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Oct 11, 2019DOI:
10.4314/jae.v23i4.18Keywords:
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Differences in Entrepreneurial Diversification among Male and Female Rural Farming Household in Kwara State, Nigeria
Abstract
The study examined differences in entrepreneurial diversification among male and female rural farming household in Kwara State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select a total sample size of 320 respondents. Percentages, mean and regression were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that male and female farmers engaged in several entrepreneurial activities but men (0.51) were more diversified than female (0.47). Level of education, household size and access to credit were the major determinants of the entrepreneurial creativity of the respondents varying degree of significance. Both men and women were differentiated along entrepreneurial activities in search of daily need but men were more creative compared to their women counterparts. Education of male and female entrepreneurs should be encouraged and access to resources among rural farming households to stem up their creative thinking.
Keywords: Entrepreneurial creativity, rural farming household
