Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter?
Economic recession often exacerbates the effects of poverty on agrarian communities in Nigeria. This paper examined the effects of economic recession on female farmers and coping strategies they employed. It explored the effects of the crisis on their income, farm size, livelihood and welfare aspect...
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| description | Economic recession often exacerbates the effects of poverty on agrarian communities in Nigeria. This paper examined the effects of economic recession on female farmers and coping strategies they employed. It explored the effects of the crisis on their income, farm size, livelihood and welfare aspects such as feeding, schooling of their children and health care. The study was conducted in Ondo State, Nigeria. Primary data were used. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to administer 100 copies of the questionnaires on females in rural agrarian households in the study area. The obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Likert scale analysis. The findings showed that the economic recession resulted in poor health care, inadequate feeding, poor income and school dropouts. Major factors that helped the women to cope were land ownership security/access to land, introduction of new crops, marital status and educational status. These factors are crucial as their Chi-square values and Likelihood Ratios were significant at one percent probability level (P < 0.01). The research concludes that educated females as well as married women and women possessing secured land tenure coped better in times of economic crisis. The paper thus recommends increased investments by governments in the agricultural sector to help curtail the inflation in food prices and increasing women access to land and education. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17206470f4cc454299ccc0b6db7d0c9e2023-05-29T10:54:39ZengSciendoAgricultura Tropica et Subtropica1801-05712020-09-0153313714710.2478/ats-2020-0014Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter?Mkpado Mmaduabuchukwu0Omowole Opeyemi Ebenezer1Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, NigeriaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University Oye-Ekiti, NigeriaEconomic recession often exacerbates the effects of poverty on agrarian communities in Nigeria. This paper examined the effects of economic recession on female farmers and coping strategies they employed. It explored the effects of the crisis on their income, farm size, livelihood and welfare aspects such as feeding, schooling of their children and health care. The study was conducted in Ondo State, Nigeria. Primary data were used. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to administer 100 copies of the questionnaires on females in rural agrarian households in the study area. The obtained data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Chi-square and Likert scale analysis. The findings showed that the economic recession resulted in poor health care, inadequate feeding, poor income and school dropouts. Major factors that helped the women to cope were land ownership security/access to land, introduction of new crops, marital status and educational status. These factors are crucial as their Chi-square values and Likelihood Ratios were significant at one percent probability level (P < 0.01). The research concludes that educated females as well as married women and women possessing secured land tenure coped better in times of economic crisis. The paper thus recommends increased investments by governments in the agricultural sector to help curtail the inflation in food prices and increasing women access to land and education.https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2020-0014agriculturegendereducationland tenureadaptationwelfare |
| spellingShingle | Mkpado Mmaduabuchukwu Omowole Opeyemi Ebenezer Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter? Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica agriculture gender education land tenure adaptation welfare |
| title | Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter? |
| title_full | Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter? |
| title_fullStr | Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter? |
| title_short | Coping strategies among female farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria during recent economic recession: What factors matter? |
| title_sort | coping strategies among female farmers in ondo state nigeria during recent economic recession what factors matter |
| topic | agriculture gender education land tenure adaptation welfare |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2020-0014 |
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