Factors Affecting the Adoption of Chemical Use in Yam Storage among Farmers in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo-State, Nigeria

Ijatuyi, Enioluwa Jonathan; Mabe, Karabo; Omotayo, Abiodun Olusola

doi:10.1080/09709274.2017.1305608

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“…Table 1 shows that the mean age of the respondents was 49 years while 93.5 percent (aggregate) of the women were married. Also, 88.8 percent of the rural women had one level of formal education or the other, the results agrees with Ijatuyi et al (2017) who highlighted that respondents also had one basic form of education in a similar study, the average household size was 7 members. The average farm size cultivated was 0.7 hectares, this therefore means that meaningful development intervention in agriculture cannot take place and the impacts of the interventions will not be felt by the women since they have little access to land.…”

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The study examined awareness and participation of rural women in selected development interventions in Imo State of Nigeria. The study determined the socioeconomic characteristics of rural women, level of awareness and participation of rural women in the development projects. Data for the study were collected using a structured questionnaire from 402 rural women in the three agricultural zones of Imo state through a multi-stage sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as mean, percentages, frequency distribution and Ordinary Least Square (OLS) multiple regression technique. The result showed that the majority of the rural women were aware of development intervention. The main source of awareness of development interventions among the rural women was through radio. Majority of the rural women fully participated in Maternal Health Programme (mean = 2.34); Women in Agriculture programme (mean = 2.23) and Special Programme on Food Security (mean = 2.06). However, the majority of the rural women had low participation in the following development interventions; FADAMA (mean = 1.60), National Poverty Eradication Programme (mean = 1.55), Rural Micro Credit Programme (mean= 1.33), Small Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) (mean = 1.30), SURE P (mean = 1.06) and European Union Micro Projects Programme (mean = 1.06).The mean level of participation in development intervention was 1.84 out of the acceptable mean level of 2 indicating a low level of participation. The OLS result showed that women's age, years of education, household size, major occupation, income and years of experience showed significant contributions in the level of participation in rural development. Therefore, the study recommended that the development interventions should be improved by the government in order to boost agricultural productivity and ensure food security as a means of reducing poverty among rural women since farming is their major occupation.

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“…The energy poverty tends to increase among male-headed households relative to the female, implying the predominant use of traditional and/or unsafe energy sources among male-headed households. Likewise, access to land tends to increase energy poverty among households probably due to the high population of rural farming households who utilize land mainly for small-scale farming [27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. The positive relationship between rural residents and energy poverty as submitted by Roberts, et al [34] is attributed to 'low commercial clean energy consumption of rural populations due to low population, low densities and demand levels; peaky demand profiles as well as the tendency of high line losses'.…”

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Estimation and Determinants of Multidimensional Energy Poverty among Households in Nigeria

Ashagidigbi

Babatunde

Ogunniyi³

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The sustainable use of clean and safe sources of energy is indeed a global challenge. Traditional and unsafe forms of energy use is predominant among households in sub-Saharan Africa. This is not only a threat to the environment, but also constitutes health risk to the population. In the Nigeria context, this study provides the first attempt to estimate household energy poverty status and also investigate the driving factors of household energy poverty status using the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) dataset. The analytical techniques adopted in this study are based on Multidimensional Energy Poverty Index (MEPI) and Tobit regression model. Our results show that national average MEPI was 0.38, suggesting that majority of the households are energy poor. Energy poverty is however found to be higher in rural areas than in urban areas. We also found that male-headed households, age, rural sector and northeast residents are found to be the energy poverty enhancing factors, while household income and credit access are energy poverty inhibiting factors. The study concludes that income smoothening among other energy poverty reduction interventions should be prioritized, especially among rural households in order to help them exit energy poverty trap.

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Agricultural Extension Implication on Food Security in Saudi Arabia

Ismail,

Ahmed

2024

Food and Nutrition Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Vol. 1

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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Chemical Use in Yam Storage among Farmers in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo-State, Nigeria

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References 8 publications

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Estimation and Determinants of Multidimensional Energy Poverty among Households in Nigeria

Agricultural Extension Implication on Food Security in Saudi Arabia

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