An Evaluation of Groundnut Processing by Women in a Rural Area of North Central Nigeria

Hussaini Ibrahim, Napoleon Saingbe and Hassan Ibrahim

Journal of Agricultural Science, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1, 206

Abstract: This study evaluated the economic empowerment potentials of groundnut processing by women in rural areas of Northcentral Nigeria state using a sample of 100 women processors randomly selected from the study area. Data analysis wasdone using Descriptive statistics, Net Farm Income Model and Data Envelopment Analysis (D.E.A). An average netreturns of N10, 586.6 was obtainable within a processing cycle. The average pure technical and scale efficiency scoreswere 80 and 83 percent respectively. The major constraints confronting the processing of groundnut include inadequatecapital for expansion and lack of processing machines. A significant opportunity exists for empowering rural womenthrough groundnut processing.

Date: 2010
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