Gender Mainstreaming in Agri Preneurship and Sustainable Development in the Northeastern Nigeria
Journal Title: International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development - Year 2020, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of this study is to examine gender mainstreaming in agri preneurship and sustainable development in the north eastern Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study are to examine the role of gender mainstreaming in Sustainable Development in Nigeria to determine the extent to which women are involved in agricultural entrepreneurship in the north eastern Nigeria to identify the challenges faced by women in agricultural entrepreneurship in the north eastern Nigeria and to suggest the strategies for gender mainstreaming in agricultural entrepreneurship in the north eastern Nigeria. Feminist theory is adopted to explain the differential opportunity in the agri prenuership in the study area. Sample size of 402 respondents was selected using multi stage and purposive sampling techniques, out of which 387 were respondents for quantitative data and 15 for qualitative data. The instruments of data collection are questionnaire, in depth interview IDI and focus group discussion FGD and the analysis was based on mixed method. The study finds that gender mainstreaming is playing a significant role in achieving sustainable development in the north eastern Nigeria. Women are also involving in agricultural entrepreneurship in the study area because majority of the population lives in agricultural setting. But the women are facing some challenges emanating from cultural factors, lack of support from the Government and non state actors. To address these challenges, the study made some recommendations, including overcoming cultural barriers through religious and traditional leaders and the use of media in creating awareness soft loans and incentives to the women from the Government and non state actors and introduction of intensive training on the agri preneurship for women in the north eastern Nigeria, etc. Dr. Bukar Jamri "Gender Mainstreaming in Agri-Preneurship and Sustainable Development in the Northeastern Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd37997.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/sociology/37997/gender-mainstreaming-in-agripreneurship-and-sustainable-development-in-the-northeastern-nigeria/dr-bukar-jamri
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Dr. Bukar Jamri
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