Differences in Food Crop Diversification between Male and Female Smallholder Farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAbdulrazaq Kamal Daudu
dc.contributor.authorFelix Olayinka Oladipo
dc.contributor.authorLatifat Kehinde Olatinwo
dc.contributor.authorOyedola Waheed Kareem
dc.contributor.authorTawakalitu Abiola Dolapo
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-26T10:02:43Z
dc.date.available2024-07-26T10:02:43Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThe study assessed food crop diversification among smallholder male and female farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling technique was used to select 384 respondents disaggregated into 197 males and 187 females. Percentages, mean and standard deviation and chart were used for data analysis. Findings showed that the mean number of food crop grown by male farmers was 4.8 while that of female was 3.3 and most (51.4% and 49.3%) of male and female farmers growing 3 and 5 crops at a time respectively. Findings from crop diversification index showed that most of male farmers fall into high diversification group (0.60-0.70) while most female farmers were moderately (0.50-0.60) diversified. It further shows that education, farm size and access to farm machineries and credit positively and significantly influence the extent of crop diversification among male and female smallholder farmers (P≥0.05). Male farmers were found to be highly diversified compared to female farmers. Extension education toward bridging.
dc.identifier.doi10.4314/jae.v23i4.1
dc.identifier.issn2408-6851
dc.identifier.issn1119-944X
dc.identifier.urihttps://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1869
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Agricultural Extension
dc.titleDifferences in Food Crop Diversification between Male and Female Smallholder Farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria
dc.typejournal-article
oaire.citation.issue4
oaire.citation.volume23
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