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Women Involvement in Cocoa Production in Odigbo Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria
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Women play an important role in cocoa production; however their role has gained less agricultural productivity in their own coca production enterprise. Thus, this study assessed level of women involvement in cocoa production in Odigbo Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria. The study employed a multi-stage sampling procedure to collect data on socio-economic characteristics, constraints and level of involvement in cocoa production from 187 respondents with the aid of interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results reveal that majority (76.5%) of the women involved in cocoa production had formal and vocational education; the average of the respondents was 46 years, while most (74.3%) were not member of any cooperative society. Further, the mean scores show that lack of efficient credit facility, lack of training on value addition (2.00), and high cost of input (0.58) were the major constraints to women involvement in cocoa production in the study area. In addition, drying (1.00), quality control (1.00), farm sanitation (1.00) respectively were the major cocoa production activities practiced by the women. Subsequently, education (χ2=10.182; p≤0.05), other farming enterprises (χ2=9.514; p≤0.05), farming experience (r=0.148; p<0.05) correlated significantly with level of involvement in cocoa farming activities. Therefore, involvement in cocoa production depends on women educational attainment, other farming enterprises and farming experience. The study therefore recommends continuous training, retraining of women cocoa farmers, and provision of efficient credit facilities to sustain involvement of women in cocoa production.
