ANALYSIS OF GENDER DIFFERENTIAL IN RESOURCE UTILISATION AND EFFICIENCY OF STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN PLATEAU STATE NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorELISHA, Washan Jamok
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T11:27:33Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T11:27:33Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.descriptionA DESERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study evaluates gender differential in resource utilization and efficiency of strawberry production in Plateau State Nigeria. Primary data for the study were collected using structured questionnaire, administered to 182 female and 116 male strawberry farmers. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, cost-benefit analysis and stochastic frontier production function. Results of the study indicated that the average age were 37 and 34 years for female and male farmers respectively. About 76% of female farmers and 85.3% of male strawberry farmers were married. The average household size for the two groups was 4 members per household. More than half of both groups of strawberry farmers had between 1 and 10 years of farming. The result revealed that 83.2% of female farmers and 87% of male farmers had formal education in the study area. The average score on land areas (𝜘͞ =4.04) obtained for male is an indication of supporting the statement of male and female having equal access to land, while female farmers strongly disagreed (𝜘͞ =1.37) to the statement. Land ownership increase social status had a score of (𝜘͞ =4.18) and (𝜘͞ =4.22) for both male and female respectively. In terms of access to fertilizer, seed and agrochemical was agreed by both male and female having equal access to these productive resources. The result shows that female farmers disagreed that male and female had equal access to labour (𝜘͞ =1.88). The female farmers mentioned labour to be expensive to hire and lack of funds to hire adequate labour. Among the male farmers, the mean score of (𝜘͞ =3.51) signifies agreement to the statement; of male and female having equal access to labour. The mean score of ( 𝜘͞ =1.91) and (𝜘͞ =1.87) obtained from the scale indicate that both male and female farmers do not agree to men and female had access to credit. Determinants of technical inefficiency in female and male strawberry production in Plateau State revealed that age of the farmer was positive and significant at 10% for male farmers. Year of education showed a negative relation with technical inefficiency and is significant at 5% level for female and 10% for male. Household size showed a negative relation with predicted technical inefficiency and is significant at 5% level for male strawberry farmers. It is evident here that, the two strawberry producers did not reach the frontier of production with a technical efficiency of 0.68 for female and 0.51 for male. Age, education and household size are major socio-economic determinant of technical efficiency for both female and male strawberry producers. The most severe problems encountered in strawberry production are excess rainfall, insect, bird and disease. This constraint constitutes serious impediments to strawberry production and need to be addressed adequately before strawberry production can be improved in the study area. It is recommended that agro-based industries and non-governmental organization should be encouraged by the local government to support research and production of strawberry products for commercial purposes.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12566
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectANALYSIS,en_US
dc.subjectGENDER DIFFERENTIAL,en_US
dc.subjectRESOURCE UTILISATION,en_US
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY,en_US
dc.subjectSTRAWBERRY PRODUCTION,en_US
dc.subjectPLATEAU STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleANALYSIS OF GENDER DIFFERENTIAL IN RESOURCE UTILISATION AND EFFICIENCY OF STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION IN PLATEAU STATE NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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