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| Title: | Extension Needs of Women Cassava Farmers in Igueben and Esan Northeast Local Government Areas of Edo State, Nigeria |
| Author: | Onemolease, Eddy |
| Year: | 2002 |
| Periodical: | Africa Development: A Quarterly Journal of CODESRIA (ISSN 0850-3907) |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Issue: | 1-2 |
| Pages: | 116-126 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Nigeria West Africa |
| Subjects: | women farmers agricultural extension cassava Development and Technology Women's Issues Education and Oral Traditions Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Labor and Employment agriculture Education and Training Agriculture, Agronomy, Forestry women agricultural productivity Extension services Edo State (Nigeria) |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/43658057 |
| Abstract: | Women's advancement is predicated upon their educational development. This article addresses the question of what should be the focus of education for women cassava producers in Nigeria. In order to answer this question, an understanding of women's knowledge of modern cassava production techniques is required. The article examines these issues on the basis of data collected in 1999 among 120 women cassava farmers in two selected local government areas of Edo State, Igueben and Esan Northeast. The results show that respondents were relatively young, largely illiterate, and they had long years of farming experience. The level of their knowledge of improved cassava varieties and fertilizers was high, but their knowledge of herbicides and recommended agronomical practices - harvesting and planting times, crop spacing - was limited. There is, therefore, a need for the agricultural extension agency to focus educational efforts on the latter issues, in addition to providing women farmers with information on farm chemicals, credit and market opportunities. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract] |
