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    Effect of Gender on farmers’ level of involvement in Arable crops production activities in Kwara State, Nigeria
    (2015) Daudu, A.K; Matanmi, B.M; Oladipo, F.O; Aliyu, A.S; Olatinwo, L.K
    The importance of studying the role of gender in relation to arable crop production activities in agrarian society is therefore quite consistent with the ongoing thinking regarding the issue of gender consideration in food security issues which led to this study .The research examined the effect of gender on farmers’ level of involvement in arable crop production activities in Kwara State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed in selecting 160 (80 male and 80 female) arable crop farmers drawn from the study area. Data collected were gender disaggregated using frequency counts, percentages and charts while correlation was used to make deduction from the study. The findings revealed that about (48.8% and 33.6%) of male and female fell between 46-65 age brackets. Activities such as land preparation, selection and planting of cultivars, were the common activities among male respondents while harvesting, processing and marketing were the activities common to female respondents with male involving more in all the activities. Insufficient fund (65% and 52%), pest and disease attack (63% and 65%), high cost of input (56% and 59%) were some of the highest constraints to arable crop production common to both male and female respondents. Results of correlation analysis revealed that there were significant relationship between male and female respondents and their level of involvement in arable crop production activities and age (r=0.545), education (r=0.432), farming experience (r=0.653) at P<0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that male were more involved in arable crop production activities than their female counterpart in the study area. The study therefore, recommend that female farmers should be more encouraged to involve themselves if not fully but moderately in all areas of arable crop production activities. The study therefore recommended that government should design gender policies that could strike the balance between male and female farmers with a view to encouraging more women to participate in arable crop production activities in the state.