HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

Agricultural child labour is perceived to be a threat to agricultural and agribusiness development as well as household livelihoods. But it is not clear whether rural farm households are knowledgeable on child labour matters and its dangerous effects, or whether their knowledge influences child farm...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Adeoye, S O, Agbonlahor, M U, Ashaolu, O F, Sodiya, C I
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منشور في: The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2017
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Agbonlahor, M U
Ashaolu, O F
Sodiya, C I
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description Agricultural child labour is perceived to be a threat to agricultural and agribusiness development as well as household livelihoods. But it is not clear whether rural farm households are knowledgeable on child labour matters and its dangerous effects, or whether their knowledge influences child farm labour use. This study was conducted to find how knowledge of child labour influences rural households’ use of child farm labour. The study was conducted among arable crop farming households in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting 131 rural households. Results revealed child mean age of 11 years, with households averaging about 29 hours of child farm labour use in a week. About 52 per cent, 44.3 per cent and 3.8 per cent of households had low, average and high knowledge of child labour, respectively. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that households with low knowledge had significantly the largest mean hours of child farm labour use and households with high knowledge had the least mean hours. Post hoc test showed that households with low knowledge used 5.4 hours more of child farm labour compared to those with average knowledge, and 10 hours more of child labour relative to households with high knowledge. The study concluded that creation of knowledge of child labour among rural households would be a profitable endeavour in the holistic approach towards ending child labour.
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spelling oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-712019-01-14T14:51:26Z HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA Adeoye, S O Agbonlahor, M U Ashaolu, O F Sodiya, C I Children, farm labour, knowledge, rural households, Nigeria Agricultural child labour is perceived to be a threat to agricultural and agribusiness development as well as household livelihoods. But it is not clear whether rural farm households are knowledgeable on child labour matters and its dangerous effects, or whether their knowledge influences child farm labour use. This study was conducted to find how knowledge of child labour influences rural households’ use of child farm labour. The study was conducted among arable crop farming households in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting 131 rural households. Results revealed child mean age of 11 years, with households averaging about 29 hours of child farm labour use in a week. About 52 per cent, 44.3 per cent and 3.8 per cent of households had low, average and high knowledge of child labour, respectively. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that households with low knowledge had significantly the largest mean hours of child farm labour use and households with high knowledge had the least mean hours. Post hoc test showed that households with low knowledge used 5.4 hours more of child farm labour compared to those with average knowledge, and 10 hours more of child labour relative to households with high knowledge. The study concluded that creation of knowledge of child labour among rural households would be a profitable endeavour in the holistic approach towards ending child labour. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2017-12-19 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/71 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 29 No. 2 (2017): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 47-56 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/71/57 Copyright (c) 2017 Ife Journal of Agriculture
spellingShingle Children, farm labour, knowledge, rural households, Nigeria
Adeoye, S O
Agbonlahor, M U
Ashaolu, O F
Sodiya, C I
HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
title HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
title_full HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
title_fullStr HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
title_full_unstemmed HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
title_short HOW KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS USE: THE CASE OF USE OF CHILDREN IN FARM LABOUR BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
title_sort how knowledge affects use the case of use of children in farm labour by rural households in ogun state nigeria
topic Children, farm labour, knowledge, rural households, Nigeria
topic_facet Children, farm labour, knowledge, rural households, Nigeria
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