The Effects of Socio-Economic Factors on Perceived Adequacy of Training Received by Women in Agriculture in Ijebu and Remo Divisions of Ogun State, Nigeria.

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the effect of socio-economic factors on women in Agriculture perception of adequacy of training received in Ijebu and Remo Division of Ogun State; Nigeria. A multi-stage sample procedure was used to select the 240 respondents involved in the study. Data were collected is structured interview schedule while frequency count and percentages were used in describing the data. Factor analysis and multiple regression analysis were used to test the hypothesis. Results of thefindings indicated that training opportunity was inadequate in the area, about 85.83 percent claimed that they attends only one training in a year. Cooperative society, OGADEP andNGOS are the most common organizers/sponsors of the training inferential information revealed that there were no significant relationship between any of the selected socio-economic variables (age, income; occupation and education) and perception of adequacy of training received by women in agriculture. Three crucial factors (needs and aspiration factor) sponsor and organizer factor and facility factor were identified. Participation approach for training are recommended.

Keywords

• Effects
• Socio-Economic Factors
• Adequacy of Training