ROLES OF FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT ON CASSAVA OUTPUT: A CASE OF RURAL WOMEN IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA
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https://doi.org/10.33003/jaat.2025.1101.17Keywords:
Empowerment;, Cassava,, Production;, Output,, Roles, FinanceAbstract
The study investigated the relationship between financial empowerment and output among women cassava farmers in rural areas of Delta State. The specific objectives were to: assess the sources of financial empowerment and amount invested; ascertain sources of financial empowerment and output; classify women cassava farms; and disaggregate output according to number of cassava farms owned. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to select 450 women cassava farmers. Percentage, mean, Chi square test, Contingency Coefficient and Analysis of Variance were used for data analysis. The major source of finance was personal savings. It was found that 80.9% of the farmers invested below or about N200,000 during the 2023 farming season. A significant relationship was found between the amount invested by the farmers and sources of finance ( = 460.57, p = 0.00; r =0.71); sources of finance and output (x2 = 903.79; p = 0.00, r = 0.82); and number of farms owned and dimensions = 158.28, p = 0.00; r =0,51).Women cassava farms were classified into 3 hierarchical dimensions: small farms (0.50 – 1,99 ha), medium farms (2.00- 3.99 ha), and large farms (4.00 – 7.00 ha). A significant difference was found within disaggregated output according to number of farms owned (F = 52.35, p = 0.00). Farmers with one farm had higher output. Extension services and financial empowerment programmes should be geared towards making more land available to women cassava farmers in order to increase output.
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