Abstract
This study sought to ascertain factors that affect facilitation of agricultural programmes as perceived by different gender groups among facilitators of FADAMA 111 development programme in Enugu State. It ascertained the perception of the gender groups on the organizational, job related and employee related factors. The data were analyzed with mean, standard deviation and t-test. Results indicate that out of the various identified organizational factors that affect facilitators in Enugu National Fadama Development Project III only one, monitoring and Evaluation System (t= -3.08*) was perceived differently by both men and women facilitators. From the various identified job related factors that affect facilitators in Enugu NFDP III only insufficient authority (t= 1.17) was perceived differently by both men and women facilitators. The results also show that from the various identified employee/personnel factors that affect facilitators in Enugu NFDP III, involvement in social meetings, involvement in house chores, size of family, relationship with spouse, proximity to client and extended family burden were perceived differently by both men and women facilitators. Based on the findings of the study, some factors were identified to affect the facilitators differently because of their genders differences. Hence, there is need to consider these factors and ensure balanced working conditions for both men and women facilitators in the NFDP III. This will help to ultimately improve their job performance.Key words: Gender analysis; factor; facilitation
Highlights
Glaring decline in production and productivity has continued to characterize Nigerian agricultural sector thereby limiting the ability of the sector to perform its traditional role in economic development
The World Bank assisted Nigeria with the establishment of Phase I of the National Fadama Development Project which was implemented during the period of 1993-1999
The similarity in perception of the gender groups on majority of the identified organizational factors show that their perceptions are true of the organizational factors that affect performance in Fadama III Development Project
Summary
Glaring decline in production and productivity has continued to characterize Nigerian agricultural sector thereby limiting the ability of the sector to perform its traditional role in economic development. According to Nagel (1994), this was originally conceived as one way of organizing the Ministry of Agriculture based extension system and to solve some specific problems of extension service but has been criticized for being rigid, top-down, supply driven, unsustainable, anti-participatory and serves only a few favoured farmers in a favoured area These identified weaknesses showed that there was a need to review and redirect the efforts of the extension components in agricultural programmes/policies and so the need for facilitation mechanism. There was need to check the gender dimensions of the factors affecting facilitation of Fadama III development programme in Enugu state, Nigeria. On this premise, the present study was initiated
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