This study examined the role of male and female in agro-inputs entrepreneurship in Introduction:Over the years, attempt to bridge the gap between men and women farmers as well as entrepreneurs in Nigeria, had resulted in the emergence of various women groups and organizations. They have been able to contribute immensely to the gains recorded by women in agricultural and rural development (Adegbidi, 2012). Findings from various studies revealed that women make up 60-80% of agricultural labour force in Nigeria. The responsibility placed on the shoulders of women in the rural areas to meet the daily food need of most families cannot be overemphasized. Sex plays an important role in the agricultural sector where both men and women are involved in the agricultural activities, including agro-inputs supply business that complement each other. Sex sensitive role refers to practices that consider sex in its implementation. These includes practices that take differences in sex into account, with respect to occupational accomplishments. According to Oguntela and Mukhtar (2009) women are involved in agricultural production and other related activities such as cash cropping and animal production and usually work more hours than men. According to NBS (2013) women dominate buying and selling of agricultural products (37.0% women participation against 10.5% for men) while males dominate in activities related
The study examined the role of national farmers helpline in agricultural information dissemination among crop farmers in Nigeria, with the specific objectives to identify the various sources of information on agricultural practices available to the farmers and identify the various information disseminated to the farmers from the National Farmers Helpline. One Thousand farmers were randomly selected from the farmers who frequently call the Helpline Centre from the database of NAERLS across the six geo-political zones of Nigeria; to source the required information. Some of the crop farmers were contacted through phone calls, SMS, and social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp while some were through administration of questionnaires and face to face discussion. Data sourced were subjected to descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution and percentage for analysis and were presented in tables and charts. The findings reveal that the Farmers Help Line Centre, NEARLS supply farmers around the country with all the necessary information on cultural practices, access to improved seed varieties, fertilizer and application, pest and disease management practices, weed management practices, marketing strategies, post-harvest activities, management of farm tools and machineries and also information on Government policies on agriculture. It is recommended that stakeholders of National Farmers Help Line ensure the sustainability of its services by including other Nigerian languages to have a larger coverage and not limiting spoken languages to only the major Nigerian languages (English, Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo and Nigerian pidgin); and also extend their services to West African countries and other parts of the globe at large. Key words: Agriculture, information, dissemination and crop farmers
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