Soil and water conservation capabilities of male and female vegetable farmers on micro-veg project sites in south-western Nigeria

Faniyi, Ebunoluwa Oyindamola; Deji, Olanike F.; Alabi, Dorcas Lola; Ijigbade, Justin Orimisan

doi:10.4314/jae.v22i3.12

“…It is evident from this result that the age-long tradition of farmers in the study area of having many children with the aim of using them for farm labour is no longer in practice as farmers now send their children to school. This aligns with Faniyi et al (2020), who opined that rural households are gradually moving away from the traditional way of having large household sizes for farm labour. Also, the mean years of formal education of leaders and members were 14.2±3.7 years and 13.9±3.4 years.…”

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confidence: 79%

Assessment of leadership effectiveness among the executives and members of farmers’ cooperative societies in Osun State, Nigeria: Implication for agricultural development

Famakinwa,

Alabi,

Salawu

2024

Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi

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The study assessed the leadership effectiveness among the executives and members of farmers’ cooperative societies in Osun State, Nigeria. A structured interview schedule was used to gather quantitative data from 50 executives and 75 members of farmers’ cooperative societies across the state. Data were processed through IBM SPSS version 23. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that the majority (84%, 78.7%) of leaders and members were male and members were male while (98%, 94.5 %) were married with a mean age of 47.46 ± 13.73 and 40.36 ± 10.13 years. Also, the majority of the cooperative leaders emerged through election and mostly selected into leadership position based on active participation in cooperative activites. The majority of the leaders were very effective in leading discussions during meetings (mean=2.90) and managing cooperatives operations (mean=2.63). Also, irregular payment of loans and inadequate trainings were the problems facing leadership effectiveness. Years of farming experience (r= 0.788) and years of cooperative membership (r= 0.731) were significantly related to leadership effectiveness. It is concluded that, in order to enhance leaders’ effectiveness and consequently, agricultural development, capacity building through regular training, and workshops should be organised by relevant stakeholders.

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“…To better understand the relationship between CSA, gender, and rural livelihoods, there is a need for well-defined and efficient indicators (SMART indicators) that allow project managers and policy-makers to assess and evaluate CSA programs or interventions in terms of their impact on gender relations (Gutierrez-Montes et al 2018) Women are known to be more involved in agricultural activities than men in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, Nigeria inclusive with as much as 73% involved in cash and food crops, arable and vegetable gardening, 16% in postharvest activities, and 15% in agroforestry (FAO and ECOWAS 2018;FAO 2019). The percentage of work done by women farmers far outweighs that of men, especially in Nigeria; they are major stakeholders for sustainable development (Faniyi et al 2018(Faniyi et al , 2019FAO 2019;National Bureau of Statistics-NBS 2016). There is gender role differentiation of immense dimension within African agriculture.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Women constitute a significant part of the agricultural labor force, and their contribution is essential to the success of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) in the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FAO 2019;Faniyi et al 2018). Although Women's roles are evident along the Agriculture Value Chain, the economic reward is not commensurate; they are not adequately benefiting from agricultural policies, programs, and budgets.…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

Deji

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2021

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Climate change contributes significantly to the looming food insecurity in the rain-fed agricultural countries of Africa, including Nigeria. There is a gender dimension in climate change impacts and adaptation strategies along Agriculture Value Chain (AVC) in Nigeria. The chapter gender analyzed the aspects of climate change impacts; identified the indigenous and expert-based artificial adaptation strategies; assessed the gender differences in the adaptation strategies; and provided the gender implications of the indigenous adaptation strategies among actors along the AVC. The chapter adopted a value chain-based exploratory design with gender analysis as the narrative framework with Gender Response Theory as the theoretical background. There were gender differences in the production, economic, and social dimensions of the climate change impacts along the AVC. The indigenous climate change adaptation strategies were availability, low cost, and easily accessible; hence they were popularly adopted by male and female AVC actors. The adopted indigenous adaptation strategies challenged the social relations, influenced reordering of social and gender relations, participation, and power relation among the male and female actors along the AVC.

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Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

Deji¹

2020

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Climate change contributes significantly to the looming food insecurity in the rain-fed agricultural countries of Africa, including Nigeria. There is a gender dimension in climate change impacts and adaptation strategies along Agriculture Value Chain (AVC) in Nigeria. The chapter gender analyzed the aspects of climate change impacts; identified the indigenous and expert-based artificial adaptation strategies; assessed the gender differences in the adaptation strategies; and provided the gender implications of the indigenous adaptation strategies among actors along the AVC. The chapter adopted a value chain-based exploratory design with gender analysis as the narrative framework with Gender Response Theory as the theoretical background. There were gender differences in the production, economic, and social dimensions of the climate change impacts along the AVC. The indigenous climate change adaptation strategies were availability, low cost, and easily accessible; hence they were popularly adopted by male and female AVC actors. The adopted indigenous adaptation strategies challenged the social relations, influenced reordering of social and gender relations, participation, and power relation among the male and female actors along the AVC.

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Soil and water conservation capabilities of male and female vegetable farmers on micro-veg project sites in south-western Nigeria

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Assessment of leadership effectiveness among the executives and members of farmers’ cooperative societies in Osun State, Nigeria: Implication for agricultural development

Assessment of leadership effectiveness among the executives and members of farmers’ cooperative societies in Osun State, Nigeria: Implication for agricultural development

Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

Gender Implications of Farmers’ Indigenous Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Along Agriculture Value Chain in Nigeria

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