Ameh, S. D.*, Sulaimon, N. O., Ibrahim, S. Y., Oyedepo, O. M., Adi, K. F., Onah, R. O., Eze, E. I., Anyeji, F. O. and Ozumba, I. C.
National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM), Ilorin, Nigeria
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14628265
ABSTRACT
The socio-economic status of women practicing mechanized agro processing in Nigeria was assessed. Women agro-processors were identified and selected through their various states’ ADPs across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The data generated were basically primary and obtained through personal interview schedule with a well-structured questionnaire. Data were collected based on the socio-economic variables such as age, marital status, educational status, main occupation and household size. The data generated were subjected to descriptive statistics involving frequency count and percentage computation. From the results gathered, it was observed that majority of the respondents (42.1%) were within the age group of 41 to 50 years, while 71.1% of them were married. Result further revealed that 86.8% were educated up to tertiary level, 68.4% were operators in the agro-processing centres, while 73.68% were maintaining a household size of 5 to 10. It was concluded in this study that majority of the educated women in the study area are educated andin their active age with high level of financial burdens, which influenced their decision towards embracing the practice of agro-processing technologies as a source of livelihood.