PARTICIPATION OF RURAL WOMEN IN COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR LIVELIHOOD IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
PARTICIPATION OF RURAL WOMEN IN COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR LIVELIHOOD IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
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2015-06
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ADEJOH, Stella Ojone
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Abstract
The main objective of this study was to determine the level of participation of rural
women in Community and Social Development Project (CSDP), a Community Driven
Development Project in Kogi State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to
select eight communities from four Local Government Areas of the State, while simple
random sampling technique was used to select the 320 respondents. In all, three hundred
and twenty (320) copies of the questionnaire were distributed through personal visit but
only three hundred and thirteen (313) copies were returned. Descriptive statistic, Double
difference (DD) estimator in regression framework and maximum likelihood (ML)
double hurdle model were used to analyze the data. The socio-economic characteristics
of the rural women revealed that the average age of the participants was 43 years while
the non-participants was 42 years old on average, 28% and 24% of the participants had
secondary and primary level of education respectively. About 81% of the participants
were married, had average household size of 7 members. About64% and 54% of the
participants and the non-participants were engaged in other activities apart from
farming, while 33% of participants were engaged in Farming as main occupation.
Medium level of participation in CSDP of about 7 stages with a standard deviation of 6
stages was observed. The first hurdle of the Craggit model showed that household size,
urban exposure and farming were significant at 10%, while social participation was
significant at 1% level of probability respectively. The second showed that urban
exposure, time and leadership position were significant at 1% while social participation
and secondary education were significant at 5% levels of probability respectively.
Participation in CSDP was found to have impacted positively on the livelihood of the
participants by increasing significantly their productive assets by N26, 056.41. Twelve
other benefits were derived from the project among which the three most distributed
ones were reduction in water borne disease, reduction in time spent in household chores
and reduction in time spent in fetching water. The least distributed benefits however
were employment at health facility and employment at school facility. In terms of
constraints to participation, nine important constraints were reported among which the
three most important were lack of time due to household chores, financial constraints,
and low level of education. The two least challenging constraints faced by the women
who participated in CSDP were discrimination due to marital status and religious
barrier. Based on these findings, it was recommended that to increase rural women
participation in community driven development projects, policies and legal framework
that will increase the level of secondary education for rural women be put in place by
legislators and Government; development agencies, Ministries, departments and
agencies of Government should increase advocacy and sensitization to encourage rural
women participation in social meetings and finally build capacity of rural women in the
area of time management and occupying quality leadership positions.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIRMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILISOPHY (Ph.D) IN AGRICULTURAL
EXTENSION AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL
SOCIOLOGY, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
Keywords
PARTICIPATION OF RURAL WOMEN,, COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT,, CONTRIBUTIONS,, LIVELIHOOD,, KOGI STATE,, NIGERIA