Gender Analysis of Land Management Practices Adopted by Crop farmers in North- central zone, Nigeria
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2017-12-30
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Federal University of Wukari Journal of Agricultural & Life sciences
Abstract
This study analyzed land management practices adopted by crop farmers in two selected states in North central, Nigeria on gender basis. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 302 respondents for the study. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test the significant difference in the level of adoption of land management practices by male and female respondents in the study area. Results showed that mean age of the male and female farmers were 49 and 44 years, respectively. Majorities (92.1%) were male and married while 69.5% were female. The mean size of cultivated land by male and female farmers was 1.5 and 1.1 hectares of land, respectively. Although, low level of use was evident among the two genders, it was more pronounced among the female respondents. Both the male and female respondents were in the medium category of adopters of land management practices with 72.8% and 70.2%, respectively. Significant differences(P<0.05) existed among the gender in the practices of shifting cultivation, crop rotation, mixed cropping and tree planting. The study concluded that more female farmers were categorized in the lower adoption level than their male counterparts.
The study, therefore, recommended that there should be more enlightenment by educating both gender on the right of an individual starting from childhood so that each gender will be given equal opportunity to survive and have equity towards production resources such as land in our communities
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Gender analysis, Crop farmers, land management practices, Patterns, Adoption
Citation
9. Kayode, A.O., Okunade, E.O., Oladipo, F.O., Daudu, A.K. & Olabode, O.S. (2017): Gender Analysis of Land Management Practices Adopted by Crop farmers in North- central zone, Nigeria. Federal University of Wukari Journal of Agricultural & Life sciences 2 (1); 32- 41. Published by the Faculty of Agriculture and Life sciences, Federal University, Wukari.