The study centered on women in agricultural production in
Nigeria: Prospects and key challenges.
Women’s contributions to agricultural production vary
from one region to another and are changing
rapidly in many parts of the world where economic and
social forces are transforming the agricultural
sector. They perform farm operations thereby
contributing a lot to improving the economic and social
status of their families as well as accelerating the
pace of rural development. Women are playing
important roles in agriculture with a wide range of
activities which include production, harvesting,
transporting, storing, processing, packaging and
marketing of the farm produce. Despite the
significant roles played by women in agricultural
production, processing and marketing in Nigeria, they
have more or less been relegated to playing a secondary
role in farm decision-making. Women as the
pillar of food security have minimal control over
access to resources such as land, farm inputs such as improved seeds, fertilizer, credit facilities and new
techniques of agricultural production. In Nigeria,
women very rarely own land despite their great
involvement in agriculture which has traditionally
made it difficult for them to obtain loans and credit
facilities from financial institutions. Productive
resources such as land, capital, farm inputs like
fertilizer, chemicals, seeds and other improved
planting materials are necessary in agriculture and
should be provided for the women at subsidized
rate. It is recommended that women farmers should be
encouraged to form groups or cooperatives by
Women in Agriculture Program of ADP and extension
agents to enable them pool their resources
together in accessing loans and credit facilities for
increased agricultural production.
Author(s) Details
Dr. M. N. Okeke
Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, Nigeria.
Dr. E. N. Mbah
Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Federal
University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Nigeria.
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