Accessibility of women cassava processors to land in Oyo state, Nigeria

This study examined the current level of women cassava processors’ access to land resource in Nigeria with a case study of women cassava processors in Oyo State. A sample of 240 women processors was selected for the study through multi- stage sampling procedure. The results showed that only 34.6 percent of the women got more than 50.0 percent of the land area required for their cassava processing activities. One hundred and ten women got their holdings by rent, while 90 and 40 women got their land from their husband on permanent and temporary bases respectively. The majority (62.1 percent) of the women had low socio- economic status. The results showed further that there was a positive and significant ‘correlation between socio- economic status of the women processors and their levels of access to land. (calculated r-value = 0.25 at p =0.01).