Assessment of Paddy Rice (Ofada) Processing in Ensuring Rural Women Livelihood Sustainability in Ogun State, Nigeria
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paddy rice, processing,, livelihood,, sustainability,, rural womenAbstract
Processing of paddy rice is one of the most promising sources of additional income to rural household earnings and increase household food intake and quick return from micro level investment in rural Nigeria. Since consumption of rice is fast growing in developing countries including Nigeria, its promotion is essential. This study assessed Paddy Rice (Ofada) Processing in ensuring Rural Women livelihood sustainability in Ogun State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used in the selection of 75 small-scale rice processors for this study.Descriptive statistics we re used for the objectives while chi-square was used to test the hypotheses. Results of the findings revealed that the mean age of the respondents was 37 years. Majority (61.70%) of the respondents was married and had acceptable levels of formal education (81.70%). The mean household size was 7 people. Most (85%) of the respondents belonged to Rice Processing Association and more than half (53.30%) of the respondents had spent more than 10 years in rice processing activities. The predominant labour used on their farms was family and hired labour (50%). Traditional methods were the prevailing rice
processing techniques (100%) used in threshing, winnowing, parboiling, drying and bagging while milling was mechanically carried out (96.40%). However, inadequate processing facilities ( = 2.81), lack of financial support from commercial banks( = 2.80), and poor extension support ( = 2.56) were among the myriads of problems limiting the productivity and effectiveness of rice processors in the study area. There was significant relationship between sources of credit (χ2 = 21.87, df = 3, p = 0.00), constraints (χ2 = 27.89, df = 2, p = 0.00) and rice processing metho ds at p < 0.05 level of significance. The study recommends that soft loans should be made available by financial institutions to the rice processors as this will go a long way in boosting local paddy rice (ofada) processing as means of livelihood sustainability among women in the study area.
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