TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparative Analysis of Gender Off-Farm Activities in Zone B Area of Benue State: Implication for Rural Poverty Reduction in Benue State
AU - Okwoche, V.A. AU - Asogwa, B.C. AU - Waya, D.T. 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 8
IS  - 5
SP  - 393
EP  - 397
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2013.393.397
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2013.393.397
KW  - Comparative
KW  -gender
KW  -off-farm
KW  -activities
KW  -poverty
KW  -reduction
AB  - The study compared gender off-farm activities and its implication 
  on poverty reduction in Beneu State, Nigeria. Multi-stage stratified and purposive 
  random sampling was adopted to select the same size of 200 respondents from 
  5 local government areas. The results revealed that apart from age, there was 
  significant difference in education (t = 2.24, p<0.05); household (t = 2.50, 
  p<0.05); farm size (t = 6.12, p<0.05) and annual non-farm income (t = 
  6.14, p&lt;0.05). Chi-square showed a significant difference (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> 
  = 37.48) in the number of off-farm activities carried out by male and female 
  respondents. Through negative, the result revealed a significant relationship 
  (&#967;<SUP>2</SUP> = -24.87) between respondent&#146;s 
  off-farm activities and household. It is recommended that like agricultural 
  activities, government should provide credits to boost non-farm activities and 
  make agricultural extension relevant to farmers who engage in off-activities.
ER  -