Open AccessImprovements in Women’s Access to Rural Farmland: The case of Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Augustina Chiwuzie,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of african real estate research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2304-8395
DOI - 10.15641/jarer.v6i1.927
Subject(s) - nonprobability sampling , context (archaeology) , socioeconomics , geography , business , land tenure , economic growth , stratified sampling , database transaction , qualitative research , sociology , agriculture , economics , population , social science , demography , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , computer science , programming language
The study investigates women's access to rural farmlands in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, in the context of land availability, affordability, tenure security and ease of transaction. A qualitative research design was employed. Purposive and stratified sampling were utilised to obtain data from four key informants and 13 rural women farmers in Ajebandele village of Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Themes emerged from the responses through content analysis. Findings revealed that women's access to land has improved over the past four decades. The study concludes that despite the improvements, gender equality had not been fully achieved as rural women farmers lack tenure security.