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Accepted Paper:
Women empowerment, Land Tenure and Property Rights and Agricultural Production in Nigeria
Maria Ogunnaike
(Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye)
Mobolaji Osunmakinde
(Olabisi Onabanjo University)
Olatokunbo Hammed Osinowo
(Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria)
Olumide Onafeso
(Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria)
Paper short abstract:
Empowering women, land tilting to enhance the security of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPRs) in agriculture productivity are crucial to the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper focuses on role of women’s empowerment and LTPRs as they affect production among smallholder farmers in Nigeria.
Paper long abstract:
Land is one of the most stressed resources and its distribution as well as tenure structures are key issues in nation’s development strategy. This paper examined women empowerment, LTPRs among smallholder farmers in Southern Nigeria as well as the influence on Agricultural production. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 521 farmers using a structured questionnaire. Data collection was by personal interviews of adult members of the household focusing on the socioeconomics, livelihoods and tenure and property rights on cultivated land. Women empowerment was measured using Abbreviated women empowerment in Agriculture Index (A-WEAI), LTPRs were measured in terms of tenure type and title registration to farmlands. A-WEAI results showed women achievement rates in Productive Assets Ownership (49.0%), Participation in Production Decisions (62.0%), Control Over Use of Income (52.0%), Access to and Participation on Credit Decisions (19.0%), Group Membership (74.0%) as well as workload (67.0%) were significantly (p