Attitude of women farmers towards sustainable land management practices in South-Western Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorFakoya, E. O.en
dc.contributor.authorAgbonlahor, M. U.en
dc.contributor.authorDipeolu, A. O.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialWest Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.coverage.spatialNigeriaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:08:12Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:08:12Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis study explores female farmers' attitudes about environmentally sound land cultivation and management techniques in South-Western Nigeria and how their attitudes can affect food security issues. In this region it is getting increasingly difficult to feed the burgeoning population, because 70 percent of the economically productive population work in agriculture or industries related to agriculture. This study focuses on females' attitudes because within the last two decades women have taken dominant roles in agriculture. Data was collected using a multistage sampling model. In this area of Nigeria, called Ondo State, researchers first divided into two agricultural zones and then further divided into eighteen extension blocks. The researchers randomly selected 160 female farmers registered with the Agriculture Development Program. The socio-demographic results in Ondo State showed the mean age for female farmers to be 45.3 years, most female farmers work on personal land, and also that a majority (about 60 percent) are married. Results also showed that a large percentage of land is inherited and mixed cropping is the most popular cultivation method. In addition, twelve percent of female farmers also work in off farm processing. This study demonstrates that there was a positive correlation between attitude score and female farmers' adoption of land management techniques. Therefore, addressing and improving attitudes towards sustainable land management techniques can help address food insecurity issues.en
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dc.identifier4779en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Journal of Agricultural Sciences 3(4): 536-542en
dc.identifier.issn1817-3047en
dc.identifier.issn1817-5082en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/69017en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherIDOSI Publicationsen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.idosi.org/wjas/wjas3(4)/20.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2007 IDOSI Publicationsen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectBest management practicesen
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectLand use managementen
dc.subjectArable farmingen
dc.subjectAttitudeen
dc.subjectSustainable land managementen
dc.subjectProductivityen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen
dc.subjectNigeriaen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleAttitude of women farmers towards sustainable land management practices in South-Western Nigeriaen
dc.typeAbstracten
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