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    Comparative assessment of women farmers’ status in Japan and Nigeria
    (2011) Tijani, S. A.; Yano, I.
    The research compared the status of Japanese and Nigerian women farmers. The study was conducted in Sera Chuo, Hiroshima and Ohnan Chao, Shimane prefecture, Chugoku region of Japan and Southwestern part of Nigeria covering three locations (Omi-Adio, Ijaye and Kila) within the suburban area of Ibadan metropolis. Purposive sampling was used, to select direct farmers market (DFM) while random sampling was employed to select respondents from each market. Total sample size of 234 was obtained and data collection was done through structured questionnaires. The result revealed that both women farmers were into agriculture through marriage and they were both marginalized in terms of land resources. Japanese women farmers were not participating in the marketing of agricultural products in the past. DFM is being operated as indoor type in Japan while opposite is the case in Nigeria. More than half of Japanese sell their vegetable, rice cake, rice bread and cookies in DFM but only few sell rice in the same market. In contrary, most of the Nigeria women farmers produce were marketed in DFM. Both women were empowered in all indicators but Nigerian women were more empowered than Japanese except on mobility. However, autonomy of decision making regarding borrowing or lending remains low. Both women farmers judged their present status to improve compared to the past.
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    Seafood processing activities among women in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria
    (2013) Tijani, S. A.; Oyewole, M. F.; Uranta, M. E.
    The importance of seafood can never be over-emphasised because of its contributions to the various aspects of human life. However, the handling and processing of seafood are essential complimentary functions of all production system. This study was conducted to determine the seafood processing activities in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 101 women seafood processors while data collection was done using structured questionnaire and interview schedule. The data was analysed using only descriptive statistics. The results showed that most (34.7%) of the women processors were between ages 31 and 40 years, married (60.4), attained secondary level of education (64.4), practised Christianity (45.5) and Islam (44.6). Shrimps (45.0%), prawn and crabs were the type of seafood mostly processed by the respondents while smoking (31.4%) processing was the predominant processing method being used. The respondents acquired information on seafood processing through seafood processors association (91.1%). The major constraint facing respondents were health hazards (97%) and lack of capital (74.3%). Thus, women are actively involved in seafood processing in the study area and provision of basic infrastructure such as health care services would encourage the processors to increase their scale of operation.