Factors influencing the effective participation of women in food security programmes in Ohafia L.G.A of Abia State:- Ifegwu, Ugo K.
ABSTRACT
The study was on the factors
influencing the effective participation of women in food security programmes in
Ohafia Local Government area of Ahia State. .he main objective ·of the study
was to determine the factors influencing woren participation in food security
programmes. The specific objective include: To determine the socio-economic
characteristics of women farmers and to examine their food security status.
Primary and secondary data were used. Primary data used were well structured
questionnaire. Purposive random sampling techniq 1es was used. First was the
selection of Ohafia Agricultural zones of Ahia State fr om the three
Agricultural Zones of the state. Second stage was the random selection of three
communities Ebem, Elu and Amaekpu from which forty respondents were selected
from each community, making a total of 120 respondents sampled. Percentages,
multiple regression were used for analysis. The major results of the regression
analysis showed that five out of the thirteen independent variat les (marital
status 0.203, household size 0.424, education -0.233** extension visit -0.130,
Access to farm input 0.363) were significant at 1% and 5% level of probability
respectively. Therefore the major recommendation is tat government should
continue to facilitate and strengthen the contributions of women to
agricultural growth and the alleviation of rural poverty
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IFEGWU, K (2023). Factors influencing the effective participation of women in food security programmes in Ohafia L.G.A of Abia State:- Ifegwu, Ugo K.. Repository.mouau.edu.ng: Retrieved May 05, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/factors-influencing-the-effective-participation-of-women-in-food-security-programmes-in-ohafia-lga-of-abia-state-ifegwu-ugo-k-7-2
KALU, IFEGWU. "Factors influencing the effective participation of women in food security programmes in Ohafia L.G.A of Abia State:- Ifegwu, Ugo K." Repository.mouau.edu.ng. Repository.mouau.edu.ng, 09 Nov. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/factors-influencing-the-effective-participation-of-women-in-food-security-programmes-in-ohafia-lga-of-abia-state-ifegwu-ugo-k-7-2. Accessed 05 May. 2024.
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KALU, IFEGWU. "Factors influencing the effective participation of women in food security programmes in Ohafia L.G.A of Abia State:- Ifegwu, Ugo K." Repository.mouau.edu.ng (2023). Accessed 05 May. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/factors-influencing-the-effective-participation-of-women-in-food-security-programmes-in-ohafia-lga-of-abia-state-ifegwu-ugo-k-7-2