Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern Nigeria
One of the reasons that necessitated the establishment of Women-in- Agriculture (WIA) Programme in 1989 was the perception that women farmers were not having adequate access to extension services compared to their male counterparts. Feminists argued that the inadequate access to extension services r...
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| description | One of the reasons that necessitated the establishment of Women-in-
Agriculture (WIA) Programme in 1989 was the perception that women
farmers were not having adequate access to extension services
compared to their male counterparts. Feminists argued that the
inadequate access to extension services resulted in women farmers
having poor farm yields, income, and decision-making power on what to
produce. With the institutionalization of WIA programme since 1989, the
study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the programme on women
farmers’ yield, income and decision-making power. Multi-stage sampling
technique was adopted for sample selection while semi-structured
questionnaires were used for data collection. Data collected from 225
contact women farmers were analyzed using Analysis of Variance
(ANOVA) and tested at 5% level. Mean separation was equally done with
Fisher Least Significant Difference (FLSD). Generally, the grand mean
perceptional value (4.21) indicated that women farmers perceived positive
changes in their farm yields, income and decision-making power because
of the influence of WIA Programme. Analysis of Variance on pooled data
indicated that women farmers perceived significant differences (P < 0 .05)
in the changes in yield, income and decision-making power. The result,
as well, showed that women farmers in the different State’s agricultural
zones in Southeastern Nigeria perceived significant differences (P < 0.05)
in the changes in yield, income and decision-making power. Mean
separation results showed that women farmers perceived the impact
more on yield with perceptual mean value of 4.38a. It also revealed that
women farmers in Oji agricultural zone in Enugu State had the highest
impact in the Southeastern Nigeria with mean perceptional value of 4.61a.
Based on the results, the paper strongly recommended that the
implementers of the programme should be highly motivated in order to
guarantee the sustainability of the programme for agricultural
development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e41f2f53997e49f1a3c0ee443f8297992022-12-22T03:03:27ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512010-12-01142Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern NigeriaJ Ajah0Department of Agricultural Economics/Extension, University of Abuja, AbujaOne of the reasons that necessitated the establishment of Women-in- Agriculture (WIA) Programme in 1989 was the perception that women farmers were not having adequate access to extension services compared to their male counterparts. Feminists argued that the inadequate access to extension services resulted in women farmers having poor farm yields, income, and decision-making power on what to produce. With the institutionalization of WIA programme since 1989, the study was conducted to evaluate the impact of the programme on women farmers’ yield, income and decision-making power. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted for sample selection while semi-structured questionnaires were used for data collection. Data collected from 225 contact women farmers were analyzed using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and tested at 5% level. Mean separation was equally done with Fisher Least Significant Difference (FLSD). Generally, the grand mean perceptional value (4.21) indicated that women farmers perceived positive changes in their farm yields, income and decision-making power because of the influence of WIA Programme. Analysis of Variance on pooled data indicated that women farmers perceived significant differences (P < 0 .05) in the changes in yield, income and decision-making power. The result, as well, showed that women farmers in the different State’s agricultural zones in Southeastern Nigeria perceived significant differences (P < 0.05) in the changes in yield, income and decision-making power. Mean separation results showed that women farmers perceived the impact more on yield with perceptual mean value of 4.38a. It also revealed that women farmers in Oji agricultural zone in Enugu State had the highest impact in the Southeastern Nigeria with mean perceptional value of 4.61a. Based on the results, the paper strongly recommended that the implementers of the programme should be highly motivated in order to guarantee the sustainability of the programme for agricultural development.https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/175contact women farmersincomeyielddecision-making powerWIA |
| spellingShingle | J Ajah Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern Nigeria Journal of Agricultural Extension contact women farmers income yield decision-making power WIA |
| title | Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern Nigeria |
| title_full | Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern Nigeria |
| title_short | Evaluation of Women Farmers’ Perception of the Impact of Women-in-Agriculture Programme on Yield, Income and Decision-making Power in Southeastern Nigeria |
| title_sort | evaluation of women farmersa€™ perception of the impact of women in agriculture programme on yield income and decision making power in southeastern nigeria |
| topic | contact women farmers income yield decision-making power WIA |
| url | https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/175 |
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