Agriculture Extension & Rural Development
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Item Highly organised direct farmers market: analysis of forms, characteristics, operations and women involvement in Japan(2007) Tijani, S. A.; Yano, I.This study was based on the primary information collected from women farmers and coordinators of selected direct farmers markets in Sera and Ohnan Chuo, Hiroshima and Shimane prefecture respectively in Japan. Stratified and purposive sampling techniques were used to select respondents and direct farmers markets Information from direct farmers market coordinators and women farmers/processors was collected through interview schedule and structured questionnaires respectively. The study revealed that most of the direct farmers market studied were established for economic and social assistance of farmers. Requirements to participate varied from market to market. Low profit, competition and lack of sale were the major problems facing the respondents. Comparison of women farmers’ income from agriculture and non agriculture suggests better condition in agriculture than seeking employment outside the industry. Although, respondents were being empowered economically in some market and socially in others through participation in direct farmers market but both economics and social as well as political empowerment are essential for the market participants through involvement in the management activities of the market. Physically presence of farmers with their products on weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis should be initiated in order to build more social relationship among farmers and between farmers and consumers.Item Assessment of current status of women farmers in Japan using empowerment indicators(Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2007) Tijani, S. A.; Yano, I.This research assessed the current status of Japanese women farmers using universal measurement of women empowerment. Two prefectures, Hiroshima and Shimane were selected. Stratified sampling technique was used to select respondents from each village while structured questionnaire was employed to collect data on economic, social, familial, legal, mobility and political status of the respondents. The result shows that status of women farmers was improved in the recent time compared to years back. This was revealed in the favourable responses to some statement questions such as; freedom and participation in voting, relationship with husband, participation in outside work and freedom of movement. However, their status as unpaid workers on family farms, lack of freedom to borrow and lend, inability to express their mind over the children to mother-in- law were the prevailing items of their disempowerment. Classifying respondents on the overall empowerment shows that majority of them were highly empowered. Inferential analysis using t-test to compare women farmers past and present status shows a significant difference, t = 4.827, p = 0.000. Relationship between personal characteristics of women farmers and their present empowerment status using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) coefficient r shows negative correlation between age and all empowerment indicators. Also marital status has negative correlation with familial and legal empowerment while mother-in-law and familial empowerment were positively correlated. It therefore suggests that status of women farmer in Japan has improved, compare to their situation years back.