@article{Ezeh:146253,
      recid = {146253},
      author = {Ezeh, C.I. and Anyiro, Chidozie Onyedikachi and Ehiemere,  I.O. and Obioma, N.Q.},
      title = {Gender Issues on Poverty Alleviation Programmes in  Nigeria; the Case of the National Fadama 1 Development  Project in Abia State, Nigeria},
      journal = {AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics},
      address = {2012-09-30},
      number = {665-2016-44916},
      series = {2012},
      pages = {6},
      month = {Sep},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {This study determined the gender issues on poverty  alleviation programmes; the case of the National Fadama 1  Development Programme in Abia State, Nigeria. Multi-stage  random sampling technique was used in the selection of the  local government areas, communities and sample size of 150  respondents (75 men and 75 females). The instrument for  data collection was via well structured and protested  questionnaires. The result of the poverty profiles  indicated that the poverty incidence of the male and female  fadama1 farmers was 0.67 and 0.56 respectively. The result  on the poverty gap (measures income shortfall) showed that  the men required 46.0 percent and the women 48.0 percent of  the poverty line to get out of poverty. The result also  posted the Gini-coefficient (measures the extent of  inequalities in income distribution) of the male and female  fadama farmers to be 0.233 and 0.347 respectively. The  result of the paired t-test revealed that the farm size and  annual fadama farm income were statistically significant at  99.0% and 95.0%. Confidence level respectively. Policy  aimed at annulling the land tenure system and replacing it  with a gender sensitive system that will redistributive the  fadama land equitably. The land tenure system which causes  fragmentation of land should be abolished and a policy  aimed at redistributing fadama land equitably put in  place.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/146253},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.146253},
}