Gender Dimensions in Nigerian Agriculture
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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With a fast growing population requiring
an ever growing supply of food, a national poverty rate of
63 percent, and a labor force that is dominated by
agricultural work, Nigeria's efforts to boost
agricultural productivity could not be better timed. Though
women constitute a large share of the agricultural labor
force in Nigeria, little is known about their activities,
roles, and constraints in the sector. By thoroughly
assessing their agricultural activities, it will help to
determine not only what women are doing in the sector, but
how best to reduce their constraints and increase
productivity. This policy brief, the first in a series of
two, investigates the role of women in Nigerian agriculture
using the first dataset to capture a comprehensive picture
of agriculture across the nation of Nigeria. It finds that
women are heavily involved in the production of both, staple
(food) crops and cash crops, the agricultural value chain,
and livestock production. However, women earn and produce
much less than men, and have limited access to land, inputs,
labor, and extension services.
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS, AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL LABOR, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL TRACTION, BEANS, CASH CROPS, CASSAVA, COCOA, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIALIZATION, COTTON, CROP, CROP PRODUCTION, CROPS, CULTIVATION, EXTENSION, EXTENSION AGENTS, EXTENSION SERVICES, FARM, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING ACTIVITIES, FARMLAND, FARMS, FEMALE FARMERS, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZER USE, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SECURITY, GENDER, GENDER DIMENSIONS, GROUNDNUT, GROUNDNUTS, HARVESTERS, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HOUSEHOLD HEAD, HOUSEHOLD HEADS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HUNGER, INCOME, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, LABOR FORCE, LAND ACCESS, LAND RIGHTS, LAND SIZE, LAND TENURE, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, MAIZE, MARKETING, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY RATE, NONFARM INCOME, OIL PALM, PEST CONTROL, POOR, POULTRY, POVERTY INCIDENCE, PRODUCE, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, SEED, SEED VARIETIES, SHEEP, SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, SORGHUM, SUBSISTENCE, TRANSACTION COSTS, YAMS, WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE, AFRICA GENDER POLICY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB