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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Gender Perspectives to Involvement in Organic Agricultural Practices in South Western Nigeria\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Taofeeq Yekinni, University of Ibadan, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry University of Ibadan, 200284~Ibadan, Nigeria, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{taofeeqyekinni@yahoo.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Taofeeq Yekinni}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{University of Ibadan, Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Nigeria}}}
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Involvements in organic agricultural has been noted as the way to go in order to cultivate sustainably without hurting the environment drastically, as is the case in conventional agriculture. In sub-Saharan Africa, women are as involved in agricultural activities as men, although women's contributions are rarely recognised. Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) practices can be said to be at infant stage in Nigeria. The study was carried out to analyse gender perspectives to involvements in EOA practices in south west Nigeria. The study was carried out in south"=western Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to select 320 respondents for the study. The research instrument used for the study was questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages and mean, while inferential statistics such as Pearson Product Moment Correlations (PPMC) was used to test for relationship between the variables in the stated hypotheses of the study. Result showed that the mean age of the respondents was 46.31 years while \mbox{73.1\,\%} of the respondents are male. The mean farm size of the male farmers was 6.72 acres while that of the female was 4.76 acres. More (\mbox{52.6\,\%}) of male as well as female (\mbox{54.7\,\%}) farmers had high level of awareness of EOA. Also, more (\mbox{76.1\,\%}) male and female (65.1) farmers had high level of knowledge of EOA. Fewer (\mbox{38.0\,\%}) male and female (\mbox{43.0\,\%}) respondents had favourable perception about organic agriculture. Perception about equal opportunities for involvement of male and female farmers in EOA showed that more (\mbox{58.4\,\%}) of the respondents had unfavourable opinion about the idea. The study established that male farmers' involvement in EOA were influenced by their awareness (r=0.616) and knowledge (r=0.383) of EOA; while female farmers involvement were influenced by their perception (r=0.242), awareness (r=0.717) and knowledge (r=0.260) of EOA practices.}

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Gender perspectives, involvement in ecological organic agriculture, Nigeria
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