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Ibrahim, Asabe
- Analysis on the Level of Women’s Empowerment in Nigeria: Emphasis on Participation in Household Decision Making by Currently Married Women In
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 3, No 6 (2014), Pagination:Abstract
Although women constitute almost half of the country’s population, their participation in matters such as decision-making in the family still calls for attention. Giving much attention to improving the rights, status of women is of great importance for the national growth and development of any nation since the issue of women empowerment is a global concern. Previous studies conducted on women’s empowerment have shown that it is multidimensional, and as such there is no universally acceptable or general indicator of women’s empowerment because it encompasses many dimensions such as economic, socio-cultural, familial/interpersonal and the likes This study seeks to look at women’s empowerment in relation to some of their socio-cultural background characteristics of currently married women or women living with partners aged 15-49 in Nigeria. The study used women/individual data from the 2008 Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS), in which women’s empowerment was measured by women’s participation in household decision-making. The result obtained shows that women’s age, age at first marriage, their level of education, place of residence (urban/rural), standard of living (low, medium and high) and the number of children have significant contributions in the women’s ability to participate in household decision making or in general her empowerment.
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Empowerment, decision-making, household, status- Analysis of Cost and Return of Maize Production in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria
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International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Vol 3, No 4 (2014), Pagination:Abstract
Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important cereal crops in Nigerian agriculture. The crop occupies a crucial place than other cereal crops since it is used as food, feeds, fodder and other industrial raw material. The study analyzed the socio-economic characteristics of maize farmers and cost and returns per hectare. Multistage sampling technique was employed to select Ninety seven (97) maize producing farmers for the study. Data for the study were collected using structured questionnaires. The result of the analysis showed that the mean age for respondents was 46 years while more than half of them were literates. The major source of finance for the farmers was personal savings while the average land area cultivated was 2.6 hectares. The average gross margin analysis was estimated to be ₦7,228.71 per hectare indicating that maize production is profitable in the study area. Other economic indices were gross farm ratio obtained as 0.813, which indicates that the farmers got higher return/₦, also the operating ratio was 0.815 all pointing towards how profitable the venture in the study area.