GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
Urban vegetable production has been discovered to be a viable poverty intervention strategy for the urban poor, and in-depth understanding of the gender perspective to its production is imperative. The study assessed gender analysis of urban vegetable production in Ojo Local Government Area, Lagos S...
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| author | FAPOJUWO , O.E. AYODEJI, A. O. OKUBENA , B.A. AJAYI, M.T. IDRIS , O. |
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| description | Urban vegetable production has been discovered to be a viable poverty intervention strategy for the urban poor, and in-depth understanding of the gender perspective to its production is imperative. The study assessed gender analysis of urban vegetable production in Ojo Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria. A snowball sampling procedure was used to select 106 respondents for the study and primary data were collected with the aid of a questionnaire. The average age of the respondents was 45 years, the majority (59.4%) of them were female, 72.6% were married, 48.1% had secondary education, 50.0% hired labour with average farmland of 2 hectares, and farming experience and family size were11 years and five people respectively. Males participated more in harvesting for sale (𝑥̅=3.79) and irrigation (𝑥̅=3.09), while females participated more in marketing (𝑥̅=3.76), purchasing seeds/seedlings (𝑥̅=3.46), and spraying (𝑥̅=3.44). The major reasons responsible for male and female participation in urban vegetable production were a passion for vegetable farming (𝑥̅=4.33) and improved household nutrition (𝑥̅=4.27). Respondents were mostly constrained by high costs of inputs (𝑥̅=2.72), pests and diseases (𝑥̅=2.59), and poor funding (𝑥̅=2.56). Significant (p<0.05) relationships existed between source of farm labour (χ2= 18.38, df=3), farming experience (r=0.22), family size (r=-0.26), andconstraints facing respondents’ production(r=0.28) with participation in urban vegetable production. Significant differences exist between male and female participation in vegetable production (t=1.05, p<0.01). Therefore, providing more financial assistance, seeds and an enabling environment will further enhance male and female participation in urban vegetable production. |
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| spelling | oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-6472022-04-27T13:13:45Z GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA FAPOJUWO , O.E. AYODEJI, A. O. OKUBENA , B.A. AJAYI, M.T. IDRIS , O. Gender, Urban, Vegetable production, Lagos Urban vegetable production has been discovered to be a viable poverty intervention strategy for the urban poor, and in-depth understanding of the gender perspective to its production is imperative. The study assessed gender analysis of urban vegetable production in Ojo Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria. A snowball sampling procedure was used to select 106 respondents for the study and primary data were collected with the aid of a questionnaire. The average age of the respondents was 45 years, the majority (59.4%) of them were female, 72.6% were married, 48.1% had secondary education, 50.0% hired labour with average farmland of 2 hectares, and farming experience and family size were11 years and five people respectively. Males participated more in harvesting for sale (𝑥̅=3.79) and irrigation (𝑥̅=3.09), while females participated more in marketing (𝑥̅=3.76), purchasing seeds/seedlings (𝑥̅=3.46), and spraying (𝑥̅=3.44). The major reasons responsible for male and female participation in urban vegetable production were a passion for vegetable farming (𝑥̅=4.33) and improved household nutrition (𝑥̅=4.27). Respondents were mostly constrained by high costs of inputs (𝑥̅=2.72), pests and diseases (𝑥̅=2.59), and poor funding (𝑥̅=2.56). Significant (p<0.05) relationships existed between source of farm labour (χ2= 18.38, df=3), farming experience (r=0.22), family size (r=-0.26), andconstraints facing respondents’ production(r=0.28) with participation in urban vegetable production. Significant differences exist between male and female participation in vegetable production (t=1.05, p<0.01). Therefore, providing more financial assistance, seeds and an enabling environment will further enhance male and female participation in urban vegetable production. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2022-04-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/647 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 34 No. 1 (2022): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 76-86 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/647/513 Copyright (c) 2022 Ife Journal of Agriculture |
| spellingShingle | Gender, Urban, Vegetable production, Lagos FAPOJUWO , O.E. AYODEJI, A. O. OKUBENA , B.A. AJAYI, M.T. IDRIS , O. GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA |
| title | GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA |
| title_full | GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA |
| title_fullStr | GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA |
| title_full_unstemmed | GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA |
| title_short | GENDER ANALYSIS OF URBAN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN OJO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA |
| title_sort | gender analysis of urban vegetable production in ojo local government area lagos state nigeria |
| topic | Gender, Urban, Vegetable production, Lagos |
| topic_facet | Gender, Urban, Vegetable production, Lagos |
| url | https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/647 |
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