COMMUNICATION AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF TARABA STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN ASKEAN COMMUNITY
COMMUNICATION AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF TARABA STATE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN ASKEAN COMMUNITY
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2020-02
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NYATSE, Iririben Danladi
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Abstract
Agricultural development has been a major concern to most developing countries within the
last two decades. A review of current response to food crisis across the world has shown
that there is a need for agricultural development, expansion, increased production per acre
of cropped land or per head of livestock, agricultural growth and agricultural
transformation. The significance of the role of women in agriculture is prominent; however
the paucity of agricultural information has remained one of the factors militating against
women‟s active and productive participation in agriculture in Nigeria regardless of the
existence of women friendly agricultural programmes. It is against this backdrop that this
study seeks to study the influence of communication on the agricultural participation of
women in Askean community of Ussa Local Government Area of Taraba State. The study
deployed Gender and Development Theory and Reflect Theory as theoretical framework
and a comprehensive questionnaire was prepared and administered to women farmers in
Askean community in Taraba State. In view of this, 381copies of questionnaire were
administered while 372 copies were retrieved. In addition, Key Informant Interview (KII)
and |Focus Group Discussion (FGD) were also used to elicit data for the study. Thus, it was
revealed that the participation of women in agricultural activities in Askean community was
high as a result of various communication strategies deployed by Taraba Agricultural
Development Programme (TADP) over time. It was discovered that factors such as poor
funding, low level of education, and health challenges affected women‟s participation in
agriculture in Askean community. Furthermore, it was found out that radio and local media
of communication with local contents were mostly effective among the various
communication channels deployed by TADP to enhance women‟s participation in Askean
community. The study recommended that TADP should initiate sustainable communication
strategies to further improve the level of participation in the community and that
government and non-governmental agencies should make efforts to provide funding to
women farmers in rural communities with a view to increasing agricultural output as well as
addressing the issue of poor health and illiteracy through adult and non former education of
women farmers.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE MASTER OF ARTS IN
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND PERFORMING ARTS
FACULTY OF ARTS,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords
COMMUNICATION,, WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION,, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT,, TARABA STATE,, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME,, ASKEAN COMMUNITY.