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    ASSESSMENT OF RURAL WOMEN INVOLVEMENT IN PALM OIL PROCESSING IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA
    (Patnsuk Journal, 2021-12) Adebayo, Sijuwade A; Kayode, Ajoke O; Abayomi, Ruth A; Bolarin, Olufemi
    This study assessed the involvement of rural women in oil palm processing in Ondo state, Nigeria. A three stage sampling method was employed to select 200 oil palm processors used for the study. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire administered to respondents. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study showed that the average age of the rural women was 50 years, 56% of the respondents were married and 52% of the women hired labour for processing. It was shown that 37% of the women had between 1 and 10 years of processing experience with an average household size of 5 members. The oil palm processors were constrained with inadequate pressing or extraction machine, inadequate fruit meshing machine. The results revealed that age (pvalue= 0.001), marital status (p-value= 0.002), household size (p- value = 0.030) and processing experience (p-value= 0.002) were positively significant to the involvement of rural women in oil palm processing. It was concluded that rural women were more involved in oil palm processing. It could be recommended that mechanization of major stages of operations should be prioritized to alleviate the drudgery of rural women involved in oil palm processing