Gender, Membership In Farmers‟ Association And Adoption of Biofortification In Nigeria: The Case of Bio-Fortified Cassava

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science

© 2020 by SSRG - IJAES Journal

Volume 7 Issue 3

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Kolapo Adetomiwa,Ologundudu Oluwatoyin Mayowa, Adekunle Ibrahim Adebayo

10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V7I3P105

How to Cite?

Kolapo Adetomiwa,Ologundudu Oluwatoyin Mayowa, Adekunle Ibrahim Adebayo, "Gender, Membership In Farmers‟ Association And Adoption of Biofortification In Nigeria: The Case of Bio-Fortified Cassava," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 7,  no. 3, pp. 38-45, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V7I3P105

Abstract:

The study investigated the effect of membership in association on adoption of bio-fortified cassava by gender in South Western, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty respondents in the study area. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and double-hurdle model. The result of the study showed that the mean age of male cassava farmers were 49.32 (±16.73) while that of female were 47.18(±12.42) years. The mean years of formal education for male and female were 12.21(±6.45) and 12.04(±5.15) respectively. About 52% of the respondents were men while 48% were female. About 69.28% of male were members of association while 78.84% of female were members of farmers association. About 58.92% of male had access to extension agents while the percentage of female that had access to extension agents were 57.41%. Majority (64.96%) of the male bio-fortified cassava farmers adopted more of the second wave of bio-fortified cassava varieties distributed in 2016. The study revealed that among the male cassava farmers, access to credit (0.7528), landownership (0.0840), training (0.8452) and extension agent (0.9669) positively significantly influence the decision to adopt bio-fortified cassava at(p<0.10), (p<0.01), (p<0.05) and (p<0.05) respectively in the study area while perception (1.5836) and training(1.0502) positively significantly influence the decision to adopt bio-fortified cassava at (p<0.01) and (p<0.10) respectively except age (-0.0660) that negatively significantly affect adoption of bio-fortified cassava at (p<0.05) among the female gender in the study area. The result of the study further revealed that among the male gender, access to bio-fortified cassava stem (planting material) (0.0677) and training (0.8881) at (p<0.05) and (p<0.05) respectively influenced the intensity of adoption of bio-fortified cassava in the study area. Among the female gender, access to credit (0.6763) and association membership (0.7742) at(p<0.10) and (p<0.10) respectively influenced the intensity of adoption of bio-fortified cassava in the study area. In other to increase the production of bio-fortified cassava among the two genders in the study area, extension agents should ensure that they meet with the cassava farmers on regular basis and conduct training on monthly or quarterly basis for the two genders so as to improve the management practices which will boost their production. Also, government, agencies and stake holders in Nigeria should reach out to cassava farmers (both genders) through their respective association by providing them with basic inputs which will help them increase the production of bio-fortified cassava in the study area.

Keywords:

Gender, Membership in association, Bio-fortified cassava, Adoption, South-Western, Nigeria.

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