Abstract
This paper describes the earning activities of Rural Women Farmers in Ekiti Kwara to identify processes of food production and Agriculture within a farming season.200 farmers were examined through the use of questionnaire administration. Results were processed through the use of simple tabulations and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that that 75.5% of the respondents have access to land for farming while the remaining 24.5% not to have a land of their own ,but they are those that depend on either family lands or go on leasing from other land owners. Apart from their mothering roles, women here are contributing heavily to nutritional development, farm employment and food security. About 54.5% of the women farmers in the study area provides food for their household; topmost in their farm productions are in the area of vegetables, fruits livestock and fishery. However, income earnings from farm is generally low due to the subsistent nature of their production .The result of the stepwise multiple regression showed that about 75.69% differences in the variation of women participation is explained by three variables of supplementing income, debt servicing measure and food security respectively and appropriate recommendations are presented accordingly.
Highlights
For quite a long time, agriculture has continued to play a dominant role in the Nigerian economy
Amali (1989) goes further to elaborate on women’s specialty areas where their labour input is highest. These include food production, food processing and the marketing of agricultural commodities and they are in a way ensuring food security and nutritional development
The main aim of this study is to examine the roles played by women in food production and to assess the extent of their contribution to food production and nutritional development
Summary
For quite a long time, agriculture has continued to play a dominant role in the Nigerian economy. Prior to the oil boom, the Agricultural sector accounted for more than half of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and employed about 80 percent of the adult working population (Olawoye, 1989) and Adeyokunnu, 1981). Faster developments in other sectors of the economy in the petroleum sub-sectors have thwarted the percentage contribution of Agriculture. Amali (1989) goes further to elaborate on women’s specialty areas where their labour input is highest. These include food production, food processing and the marketing of agricultural commodities (both raw and processed) and they are in a way ensuring food security and nutritional development
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