Gender Effects of Agricultural Cropping Works in Kebbi State

Authors

  • Rabiu Ibrahim Lailaba Department of Agricultural Education, Adamu Augie College of Education, P.M.B. 1012 Argungu, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Author

Keywords:

Women, Gender, Agriculture, Mechanization, Fertilizer

Abstract

Increasing women and men’s access to mechanized farming tools could reduce women’s energy exertion and improve their nutritional status. The introduction of new equipments also account for the physical differences between women and men, and its implications on work burdens. When new technologies are introduced, men might take over the tasks previously assigned to women. Women do not lose control over the proceeds of the agricultural products they were previously responsible for. Further, mechanization could displace farmers who are poor and low skilled and consequently reducing their incomes and nutritional status. While increased agricultural production could improve nutritional status by increasing agricultural income and food. The gain in nutritional status could be offset by an increase in work effort of doing agricultural work. Our results suggest that it is possible that, access to equipment reduced effort for one production activity but increased work for other activities in the production process such as in harvesting. Furthermore, we find that women in households with a hand powered sprayer is positively related to time spent in weeding, fertilizing, and non-harvest activities, while it is negatively correlated for men. In addition to individual-level food consumption, will be the key to accurately capturing energy expenditure.

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Published

2023-12-31

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How to Cite

Rabiu Ibrahim Lailaba. (2023). Gender Effects of Agricultural Cropping Works in Kebbi State. Journal of Biotechnology and Agricultural Research, 2(2). https://africanscholarpub.com/ajbar/article/view/53