WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE

The Twenty-first century has witnessed change in the nature, dimension and dynamics of gender role and relationship. An important area of the change is in women rising engagement in agricultural production Sub-Saharan Africa. While women profile in agribusiness has risen, there remains impediments....

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Main Authors: Luqman Saka, Oluwashina Moruf Adebiyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EL-AYACHI 2021-05-01
Series:African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
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Online Access:https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/22997
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description The Twenty-first century has witnessed change in the nature, dimension and dynamics of gender role and relationship. An important area of the change is in women rising engagement in agricultural production Sub-Saharan Africa. While women profile in agribusiness has risen, there remains impediments. One of these is the denial of women the right to land ownership through inheritance. This denial continued to be sanctioned through reference to cultural practices that limit women rights to inheritance. Given that land remains the major factor of production for agricultural activities, its accessibility particularly to women that are engaging in agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa remains a major concern. This is because dispossessing women right to land ownership impedes the production of food crops, thus exacerbating household poverty. Adopting eco-feminism as theoretical prop, this paper examines women engagement in agriculture within the context of the land dispossession using South-Eastern Nigeria as point of reference.
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spelling doaj.art-77d78cf9027c48cb9ec4544f2dfb5e612022-12-21T22:00:24ZengEL-AYACHIAfrican Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences2657-26642021-05-0143423436https://doi.org/10.48346/IMIST.PRSM/ajlp-gs.v4i3.22997WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVELuqman Saka0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7811-5268Oluwashina Moruf Adebiyi1Department of Political Science, University of Ilorin, NigeriaDepartment of Political Science, University of Ilorin, NigeriaThe Twenty-first century has witnessed change in the nature, dimension and dynamics of gender role and relationship. An important area of the change is in women rising engagement in agricultural production Sub-Saharan Africa. While women profile in agribusiness has risen, there remains impediments. One of these is the denial of women the right to land ownership through inheritance. This denial continued to be sanctioned through reference to cultural practices that limit women rights to inheritance. Given that land remains the major factor of production for agricultural activities, its accessibility particularly to women that are engaging in agribusiness in sub-Saharan Africa remains a major concern. This is because dispossessing women right to land ownership impedes the production of food crops, thus exacerbating household poverty. Adopting eco-feminism as theoretical prop, this paper examines women engagement in agriculture within the context of the land dispossession using South-Eastern Nigeria as point of reference.https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/22997agriculturedispossessioninheritancelandnigeriawomen
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WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences
agriculture
dispossession
inheritance
land
nigeria
women
title WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE
title_full WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE
title_fullStr WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE
title_full_unstemmed WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE
title_short WOMEN, LAND DISPOSSESSION AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA: AN ECO-FEMINISM PERSPECTIVE
title_sort women land dispossession and agricultural production in south east nigeria an eco feminism perspective
topic agriculture
dispossession
inheritance
land
nigeria
women
url https://revues.imist.ma/index.php/AJLP-GS/article/view/22997
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