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Gender Roles in Potato Production and Marketing in Jos Plateau, Nigeria
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This study was carried out in five LGAs - Jos South, Ryiom, Barkin-Ladi, Bokkos, and Mangu in Jos Plateau, Nigeria, to ascertain gender roles in potato production and marketing. A purposive and multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting one hundred and twenty (120) potato farmers as respondents. The instrument for data collection was a set of structured and pre-tested questionnaires. The primary data gathered included the socioeconomic characteristics of respondents and gender roles in potato production and marketing activities. Descriptive (means, frequencies, and percentages) statistics were used to analyse the data generated from the study. Results obtained indicated that of the 12 potato farming activities assessed, men dominated site selection and herbicide application; women dominated 4 operations including planting, manual weeding, rouging, and preparation of food for farm labour; while youths were the most involved in land clearing, gathering, and burning of trash and stumps, cultivation, earthing-up, and harvesting. Children played no major role in potato farming. Men dominated all the activities regarding marketing and control of the money realized from potato sales. The respondents also indicated that men had more access to and control of the inputs and finance required for farming and related activities. Gender gaps observed in this study can be addressed by allowing women greater access to finance and inputs required for production and encouraging their participation in the marketing of potatoes. This can be achieved through the establishment of gender-based potato development programmes.
