Gender in the Facets of Information Technology and Training in Agricultural Enterprises: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in Niger Delta, Nigeria

Joseph Uduji (), Nduka Okolo-Obasi () and Joy Uduji ()
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Joseph Uduji: Enugu, Nigeria
Nduka Okolo-Obasi: Enugu, Nigeria
Joy Uduji: Enugu, Nigeria

No 26/001, Working Papers from European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS)

Abstract: This paper critically examines the multinational oil companies' (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria, with a special focus on the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on female agricultural entrepreneur’s access to information technology and training in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Adopting a survey research technique, 700 female agricutural entrepreneur respondents were sampled across the rural areas of the Niger Delta region. Results from the recursive bivariate probit model indicates that participation of female agricultural entrepreneurs in the cluster development boards (CDBs) of global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) is positively correlated with access to information technology and training, and can increase the probability of the access by 5.84% in the region. This suggests that improving entreprenurial women’s access to agricultural technologies can be facilitated through participatory gender-inclusive GMoUs’ technology development programmes and the provision of gender-sensitive training services in the MOCs’ host communities. Therefore, closing this technological gap would help free time for more productive activities, enhance agricultural enterprises, improve market returns and empower women to make choices that are better for themselves and their families. This research contributes gender discourse in ICT for agriculture from a CSR perspective in developing countries and rationale for demands for social project by host communities.

Keywords: Gender; Agricultural Enterprises; Infomation Technology, Corporate Social Responsibility, Multinational Oil Companies, Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2026-01
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