Children Involvement in Rice Cultivation: Assessment of Their Role and Impact in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Ango Adamu Kamba; Mamman Muntaka; Muhammad Ahmad; Ndubueze Precious

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Children Involvement in Rice Cultivation: Assessment of Their Role and Impact in Sokoto State, Nigeria

Ango Adamu Kamba, Mamman Muntaka, Muhammad Ahmad, Ndubueze Precious

Published in International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 2)

Received: 22 October 2020 Accepted: 7 February 2021 Published: 22 March 2021

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Abstract

This study assessed the role of children in rice cultivation in Sokoto state. Two Local Government areas were purposely selected from the two Agricultural Development Programme zones of the state. Data were obtained through the administration of structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of the study revealed that majority (74.99%) of the children actively participated in rice cultivation and were between the ages of 9-16 years with mean age of about 12 year and 8 months, 55% of them were males with majority enrolled in to Qur’anic schools only. Majority (84.16%) of the children spent 4-7 hours working per day with an average of 4.55days working per week with a mean income of N18,175/year. The common rice cultivation activities engaged by the children included transplanting, weeding, fertilizer application, birds scaring, harvesting and processing. All the children were motivated in to rice production business by provision of incentives (food, clothing and money). The study concludes that majority of the children were under age and engaged in to rice cultivation purposely for some life necessities and recommends that government should come up with better incentives that could attract the attention of the children towards pursuance of education and acquirance of other technical skills.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijaas.20210702.13
Page(s)	89-97
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Assessment, Role, Children, Farm Labour, Rice Cultivation

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Ango Adamu Kamba

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Mamman Muntaka

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture and Engineering, Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Nigeria
Muhammad Ahmad

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture and Engineering, Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Nigeria
Ndubueze Precious

Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

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