How Agricultural Value Chain Development Can Empower Women in Developing Countries: Evidence from Nigeria and the Philippines  

Oleh:

Sagagi, Murtala S. ; Palina, John Octavious S.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Arts and Sciences vol. 06 no. 02 (2013), page 757-763.
Topik: Women empowerment; Agricultural value chain; Poverty reduction; Venture creation
Fulltext: 06_02_54_Sagagi_Palina.pdf (182.05KB)

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It is recognised that poverty and gender disparities in Africa and many parts of Asia is attributed to limited participation of women in high-income sectors of the economy. The problem is that the income they generate and the value they add remain very low in many trades. Thus, it is emphasized that empowering rural women in developing countries depends on opportunity creation in sub-sectors where women have unique advantages. By understanding underlying issues and binding constraints to agribusiness, it is likely that women’s economic status will be enhanced. In this respect, this paper examines the differences in income and wellbeing among rural women in Nigeria and Philippines based on their participation in agribusiness. We adopted the Agricultural Value Chain approach to observe the upstream and downstream opportunities for growth. We also investigated the economic and social status of rural women, growth opportunities and constraints along agricultural value chain using panel discussions and questionnaire from three states in Northern Nigeria and three upland towns of Nueva Vizcaya in the northern region of the Philippines. Inferential statistics was used to ascertain the effect of agribusiness development on women empowerment (increased income and opportunities). It was found that some historical and cultural differences were observed in the two countries, but on the average, those communities that exhibit strong community-based collaboration in processing, financing, marketing and deploy medium-level technology at farm-level tend to have more economically empowered women than those that operate individually relying on government assisted programmes. The paper recommends renewed advocacy to influence policy change in re-organising rural farmers in order to approach agriculture with renewed business mindset thereby transforming subsistent farming.

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