Impact of women’s share of income on selected value chains expenditure in rural south-east Nigeria

Patience  Opata Ifeyinwa Opata; Adaku Bridget Ezeibe; Umaru Ibrahim; Chukwuma Otum Ume

Impact of women’s share of income on selected value chains expenditure in rural south-east Nigeria

Authors

Patience Opata Ifeyinwa Opata Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Adaku Bridget Ezeibe Center for Entrepreneurship and Development Research, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Umaru Ibrahim Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Chukwuma Otum Ume Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Keywords:

gender relations

Abstract

There exists a complex web of value chain expenditures in production and consumption of food by rural farm households. Men and women contribute differently to these expenditures. Addressing zero hunger in the regions with deeply entrenched gender norms requires gender responsiveness, uncovering how best to sustain women’s contribution in the selected value chains, as women contribute a greater proportion of gender involved in these web of chains. We used data from a sample of 400 households constituting 2520 members from November 2016 to April 2017 and disaggregated by gender to determine the impact of women’s and men’s share of income on the performance of selected value chain activities in southeast Nigeria using a bargaining model of household behaviour. We found that increasing women’s share of incomes raises the budget share of food preparation, planting, weeding, processing, and storage while increasing men’s share of income raised the budget share of clearing and cultivation. Our results suggest that policies aimed at increasing expenditure on any of the value chains should focus on instruments targeting the gender that will more likely spend their money on the value chains activity concerned. This will address gender inequality, food insecurity and poverty among rural farm households.

Author Biographies

Patience Opata Ifeyinwa Opata, Department of Agricultural Economics University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Patience I. OPATA received her degrees from Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (B. Agric.; M.Sc.; and PhD.). She is a senior lecturer and a fellow of African Women in Agricultural Development with a regional focus on West Africa. Her research interests include gender studies in agriculture, access to finance by women and output market, comparative irrigated and non irrigated rice farm in the region. Recent publications are: Revenue Drivers of Women Labour in Crop Production in Southeast Nigeria, Efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed rice (oryza sativa) producers in Fadama agriculture, Nigeria, Determinants of the choice of marketing channel among cocoyam farmers in southeast Nigeria. At the Department of agricultural economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, she teaches courses on agricultural marketing and agribusiness, both at the graduate and undergraduate level. Email: patience.opata@unn.edu.ng

Adaku Bridget Ezeibe, Center for Entrepreneurship and Development Research, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Adaku B EZEIBE received her degrees from Department of Animal Health and Husbandry (HND) and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (M.Sc. and PhD.). She is a senior lecturer and works at Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development Research, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her research interests include gender studies in agriculture, comparative irrigated and non irrigated rice farm in the region. Recent publications include articles examining Revenue Drivers of Women Labour in Crop Production in Southeast Nigeria, Efficiency of irrigated and rain-fed rice (oryza sativa) producers in Fadama agriculture, Gender differences and challenges in cassava production and processing in Nigeria. At the Department of agricultural economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, she teaches courses on co-opearatives, both at the graduate and undergraduate level. Email: adaku.ezeibe@unn.edu.ng

Umaru Ibrahim, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Ibrahim I. UMARU received his degrees from Department of Agricultural Economics, and Extension, School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology Yola (B. Agric.; M.Sc.; and PhD.). He is a lecturer 1and his research interests include comparative irrigated and non irrigated small holder farms.

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Impact of women’s share of income on selected value chains expenditure in rural south-east Nigeria