| dc.description.abstract | Involvement of women in agriculture and the benefits they derive from it has been shroud in gender stereotypes that propagate male dominance. About 60% to 90% of farm work and other related activities are performed by women yet they continue living in abject poverty. For this reason, the study was set to find out the factors influencing the involvement of women in Agriculture in Yala division of Gem district. Due to imbalanced between input and output of women in agriculture, the purpose of this study was to examine economic, socio-cultural, technological and policy factors that influence the involvement of women in agriculture in Yala division.
The objectives of this study were: to determine economic factors that influence the involvement of women in agriculture in Yala Division; to establish socio-cultural factors that influence the involvement of women in agriculture in Yala Division; to determine the technological factors that influence the involvement of women in agriculture in Yala Division and to find out policies that influence the involvement of women in agriculture in Yala division.
This study answered the following research questions: what are the economic factors that influence the involvement of women in agriculture? Are there socio-cultural factors that influence the involvement of women in agriculture? How do technological factors affect the involvement of women in agriculture? Are there any policies that influence the involvement of women in agriculture? The study was guided by the Equity Theory and a conceptual framework that showed the interrelatedness of various factors that influence the involvement of women in agriculture.
The study utilized descriptive study design that involved administration of questionnaire and conducting in depth interview to a sample of 382 respondents drawn from a population of approximately 80,000. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select respondents and data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentages counts; and inferential statistics such as Pearson (r) - Product Moment Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS@). Data is presented using frequency and percentages tables, and pie charts.
The findings of the study are of significance to women farmers, the Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Gender and Sports, various non-governmental organizations dealing with agriculture, gender, and human rights organization. The study has contributed a lot to the body of knowledge by explaining how agriculture IS engendered in terms of economics, socio-cultural, technological and policy factors. | en_US |
