Large-scale Agricultural Investments and Female Employment in Nigerian Communities

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dc.contributor.authorEdafe, Oluwatosin
dc.contributor.authorOsabuohien, Evans
dc.contributor.authorOsabohien, Romanus
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T13:01:29Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T13:01:29Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.description.abstractThis study examines how large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) affect employment outcomes of female-headed households in Nigeria. It focuses on wage income and labour allocations to agricultural activities for households in communities with LSAIs in comparison with households in communities without LSAIs. It engages Wave 4 (2018/2019) of the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) dataset using the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique. The results show a positive relationship with the household agricultural wage income but a negative relationship with the labour allocation to agricultural activities. Furthermore, the results indicate that households in communities with LSAIs receive higher wages and spend fewer hours in agricultural activities. Also, though female-headed households spend more hours on agricultural activities than the male-headed households, they earn less. Therefore, the study submits some recommendations on how to reduce the possible adverse effects of LSAIs and optimise its positive impact, especially for females in rural communities where most of such investments occur.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipfunding from the Maria Sibylla Merian Centres Programme of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany (under grant no. 01UK2024A-D), co-funding from the University of Ghanaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMIASA Working Paper 2022(1). Oluwatosin Edafe, Evans Osabuohien & Romanus Osabohien. 2022. Large-scale Agricultural Investments and Female Employmentin Nigerian Communities. Online: hyperlink.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/41465
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMerian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA)en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMIASA WP;2022(1)
dc.subjectAgricultural Investmentsen_US
dc.subjectEmploymenten_US
dc.subjectLabour Allocationen_US
dc.subjectWage Incomeen_US
dc.titleLarge-scale Agricultural Investments and Female Employment in Nigerian Communitiesen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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