Intra-Household Roles in Cocoa Production in Ondo State, Nigeria

Intra-Household Roles in Cocoa Production in Ondo State, Nigeria

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The study examined intra-household roles lore olivera in cocoa production in Ondo State, Nigeria for enhance capabilities of farm families.Multistage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 70 respondents.Primary data were collected with the aid of structured interview from the cocoa farmers.Data were analysed using frequency, percentage and mean.

Results reveal that family labour (81.4%) was the main sources of labour used in cocoa production and majority (51.4%) used their personal saving as the major sources of fund for cocoa production.Fellow farmers (90.

0% and radio (62.9%) were the main sources of information on cocoa production.Men were involved in planting cocoa seed at the nursery (90.0%).

Women were more involved in assembling of harvested pods (68.6%).Men and women were more involved in transplanting of seedlings permanent site (84.3%, 81.

4%) and removal of beans from the pod (72.2%, 80.0%).Men and male children were more involved in preparation of shade at the nursery (92.

9%), land clearing at permanent site (100.0%, 81.4%), weeding (97.1%, 81.

4%), spraying of herbicides (97.1%, 75.7%), spraying of pesticides (100.0%, 78.

6%), removal of mistletoe (98.6%; 81.4%) and harvesting (100.0%; 84.

3%).Women and female children were more involved in sun-drying of cocoa beans (82.9%, 90.0%).

All (men, women, male and female children) were more involved in nursery maintenance (92.9%, 80.0%, 78.8%, 74.

3%).The major constraints to white feather tinsel cocoa production were unavailability of labour to carry out essential farm activities (=3.56), unfavourable prevailing weather condition (=3.54) and poor extension agent-farmers contact (=3.

51).The study recommends that issues relating to cocoa production should be addressed to specific individual household members performing such roles in order to improve the capabilities of farm families.