Socio economic Determinants to Okra Production among Women Farmers in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria
| Main Authors: | Ucha, S O,, Adikwu, D, Ahaiwe, M C, Ogbulie, B |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
| Terbitan: |
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3540357 |
Daftar Isi:
- Socioeconomic determinants to okra production among women farmers in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria were studied. The objectives of the study are to (1) describe the socioeconomic characteristics of farmers.(ii)determine the effect of the farmers" socioeconomic characteristics on their output and (iii) estimate the costs and return of okra production (iv)Identify te constraints to okro production by the women in the study area. 120 respondents were selected using multistage randomly sampling. The information from the respondents was collected using a structural questionnaire and oral interview. The objectives of the study were analyzed using percentage responses, multiple regression and net farm income. The results of the farmers" socioeconomic characteristics showed that most of the okra farmers were young, educated, had fairly large house hold size, membership of organization and engaged in off farm income. Furthermore, members of organization, off farm income and extension services were the farmers" socioeconomic factors that affected their outputs. More so, Okra is profitable in the study area with Net farm income of N265,356, gross margin of N266,356 and benefit cost ratio of 0.74.The results of constrains to okra production by the women were poor access to credit, land, high cost of hired labour, poor access to improved okra breeds and high cost of inorganic fertilizer. Based on the findings, policies that would enhance farmers" access to fertilizer, credit, extension services and land in order to help them increase their outputs Furthermore, farmers should be encouraged to engage in off farm income in order to have multiple streams of income. In addition, farmers should be persuaded to form farming organizations in order to have easy access to credit at affordable interest rate