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    Level of involvement of shea butter processors in processing activities in North-central, Nigeria
    (2019) Tijani, S. A.; Sanusi, M. K.
    The study examined the level of involvement of Shea butter processors in processing activities in North-central Zone of Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 330 respondents for the study. The data was collected through an Interview schedule and analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the findings shows that the average age of the respondents was 40.2 years, with 97.9% and 97.0% being female and of Islamic faith respectively. They have average household size of 8.78 persons and 54.8% were members of cooperative with an average working experience of 19.40 years. Generally, the respondents had low level of involvement in Shea butter processing activities (57.9%), though there was high level of involvement in milling of the nuts (1.69) and boiling dough (1.667). The respondents were able to meet their basic needs of life through their involvement in Shea butter processing activities. However, lack of credit facilities and high cost of processing equipment were the major constraints to Shea butter processing. There were significant relationship between memberships of Shea butter processors (χ²= 20.8, p=0.00), age (r=0.17, p=0.03), years of experience (r=0.21, p=0.00), benefit (r=0.44, p=0.00) and constraints (r=0.23, p=0.00) with their level of involvement in Shea butter processing. There is the need to sensitise the processors on the benefits inherent in Shea butter production and belonging to Shea butter processors association to increase the level of involvement and income generation for the processors.
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    Gender involvement in rice production in Ekiti West local government area of Ekiti State, Nigeria
    (2013) Tijani, S. A; Babalola, G. T.
    The study examined gender involvement in rice production and processing in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Four communities were purposively selected and a total of 320 respondents were randomly sampled. Focus Group Discussions and In-depth Interviews were used to elicit information from the respondents. The result revealed that 80% of the respondents were indigenes, 40% of adult male occasionally participated in farm clearing while a greater percentage of adult participated in bush burning. Females rarely participated in pre-planting activities. Both adult and young male (50%) occasionally participated in fertilizer application while adult and young female regularly participated in planting operations of rice. Planting and post harvest operations of rice were not considered to be male activities. Seventy percent of adult male were involved in milling against 30% of young male. Bird scaring was done by both young male and young female. Parboiling, winnowing and selling were performed mainly by adult female. Using problem tree analysis, respondents identified lack of extension services, high cost of labour, birds, contamination of rice with stones and late rain as major problems. The causes/constraints listed were high moisture content, inadequate processing technology, lack of labour and unpredictable weather. Hence, involvement of male is not the same with that of female in all the activities of rice production and processing. Provision of planter to prevent back-breaking during planting by women and chemicals at low rates to curb pest activities are very essential.