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Perception of Poverty among Development Exchange Centre Microcredit Women Farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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This study examined the perception of poverty among Development Exchange Centre microcredit women farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 420 women farmers (210 respondents from programme participants and 210 non-participants). Primary data were collected by using a structured questionnaire and interview schedule. Data collected were analyzed by using descriptive statistics (mean, frequencies, tables and percentages). The result shows that the mean age of participants and non-participants was 37 and 38 years respectively, while their mean farming experience was 22 and 20 years respectively. Furthermore, 44% and 47% of the participants and non-participants had secondary education respectively. The result also shows a mean household size of 6 persons for both the participants and non-participants households and a mean farm size of 2.0ha for both participants and non-participants respectively. Perception of poverty among the DEC women farmers” The result shows that out of twenty perception statements, seventeen were equal or above the cut-off point 3.0. This implies that the majority of participants and non-participants perceived poverty to mean a lack of voice in society ( = 3.3), lack of food to eat ( = 3.7), dehumanization ( = 4.0), Failure to attain the standard of living ( = 4.1), lack of shelter, food and clothes ( = 4.0). Based on the findings, the study concludes, that the perception of poverty among DEC women farmers shows that the majority of the respondents perceived poverty to mean a lack of voice in society, inadequate capital and land resources, poor rural development, state deprivation of women or other persons, households and society, crude exploitation of workers and poor conditions of service, dehumanization, failure to attain a minimum standard of living, lack of shelter, food and clothes; It was recommended that the DEC programme should be extended to other farming communities in Kaduna State, to accelerate the poverty alleviation among women farmers in the State.
