Call for Papers : Volume 11, Issue 09, September 2024, Open Access; Impact Factor; Peer Reviewed Journal; Fast Publication

Factors influencing women access to land in bichi local

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This paper examined the land ownership status of women and constraints of women in access to land. Personal interview was carried out with a sample of 385 women in four out of eleven wards in Bichi Local Government Area. The result indicates that majority of the women are landless. Married women who own land usually put their land under the custody of their husband. Capital is the major constraints to women access to land, unlike before where culture is the major constraints. Widows are the majority of the land owners and they actively participate in agricultural production with their children helping them. Women between 40 to 50 years foam the majority of the women farmers. However women educational level makes them to know the importance of land either for agricultural, commercial or for residential purposes

Author: 
Hindatu Abdulkadir and Aisha Abdullahi
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