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Gender Roles And Technology Adoption In Rubber Production In Edo State
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They know the market
price more and better than men and more aware of home food requirement
(Mayoux, 2011). There is the need for small scale farmers to adopt
improved production technologies, varieties, methods of storage,
processing and utilization of product. It is however, pathetic that
with the enormous potential resources that can be generated from rubber
production, the crop has been neglected over the years, according to
Abolagba and Giroh (2006). 1.2 Statement of the Problem Rubber
production is highly dominated by a number of small scale farmers in our
rural areas and they are mostly women who depend mostly on their
traditional methods of farming. (Tanko 1993 – 1995) observed that women
play role in the productive work on the farm. According to Tanko,
(1993-1995) out of 95% small scale farmers in Nigeria who actually feed
the nation, 55% of them are women who still depend mostly on traditional
planting materials which gives low yield and high susceptibility such
as vulcanization, burning old tires in power plant releases thousands of
toxins into the air. Fire trace, width of not less than 30m, weed
control, manually, chemically or mechanically, establishment and
maintenance of ground cover, mulching, water irrigation, pruning,
regular control of pest and disease, fertilizer application. To reverse
this, various institutions such as International Institute of Tropical
Agriculture (IITA) and Rubber Research Institute of Nigeria (RRIN) have
developed and distributed improved technologies of rubber tapping,
collecting of latex, processing, storage and utilization of rubber and
its products. In spite of all these, rubber yield is still low and
confronted with constraints. Men and women farmers remain at the same
level of production as a result of their lack of understanding of these
new technologies, availability of inputs for production, ownership of
land among demand. Based on this background, the following questions
will be addressed. The questions are as follows: What are the
socio-economic characteristics of men and women rubber farmers’? What
are the activities performed in rubber production? What are the roles
of men and women in rubber production? What is the extent or adoption
on rubber technologies? What are the constraints to role performances
in rubber production?
1.3 Objectives of the Study The major
objective are to examine the gender roles and technology adoption in
Rubber Production in Edo State, Nigeria. This will be achieved through
the following specific objectives. To describe the socio-economic
characteristics of the rubber farmers by genders in the study area. To
identify the activities performed in rubber productions To examine
gender roles in rubber production. To identify sources of information
on rubber production Examine technology adoption among gender
categories in rubber production. To identify the constraints faced by
men and women in rubber production.
1.4 Hypotheses of the Study
Ho: There is no relationship between the socio-economic characteristics
and the gender involvement in rubber production. Ho2: There is no
significant relationship between socio-economic characteristics and
adoption of rubber technology.
Ho3: There is no significant difference between the involvement of male and female in rubber production.
1.5
Justification Several studies have been carried out on the general
contribution of gender performance in Agriculture in Nigeria. However,
not much work has been designed in the area of identifying the gender
role played in rubber production in Edo state. This paper therefore
provides and insight into this area by examining men and women’s role in
rubber production in the study area. Sensing with the processing of
latex for example, there are already open markets for men and women
farmers. Locally in the study area, it is envisaged that the result of
this work would be established for future assessment and evaluation.
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