Effect of Flood on Women Farmers activities in Flood Prone Areas in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the effect of the flood on women farmers' activities in flood-prone areas in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. Sampling technique was multi-stage, data were collected with the aid of a questionnaire using an interview format to eighty-one respondents. Descriptive and inferential analyses were used to analyse the data obtained. The result revealed that livestock production was the most engaging activities and findings showed that 90.1% of the respondents were into poultry production. Also, the result revealed that the level of the flood was high (61.73) among the women farmers, which mean that the flood-affected virtually all aspects of agricultural activities in the study area. Significant relationship between respondents' agricultural activities and effect of flood (r = -0.151, p ≤ 0.05). The study concluded that flood had an adverse effect on women farmers despite engaging in various agricultural activities to minimize the effect in the study area.