@article{charles_mercy_patrick_idowu_2017, 
  title={Rural Women's Empowerment through Education in Southern Nigeria: Implications for Global Food Security}, 
  DOI={10.6084/m9.figshare.5519599.v1}, 
  abstractNote={Women empowerment
has become a topical issue across the world. However, the trend is often skewed
against rural women. Yet, rural women, who are predominantly farmers, bear several
burdens both within the family and in the society as a whole. Particularly, as
it has become generally accepted that the task of attaining food security rests
on the shoulders of rural women. However, rural women farmers do not often have
the necessary agricultural productive input such as land, technologies and credit
facilities, they require for their farming activities. In addition, they do not
have the liberty to participate in leadership roles and decision making. Social
norms bar them from these privileges. Data for this paper was obtained from an empirical
study conducted in Edo State, Southern Nigeria. A total number of 457 women were
involved in the quantitative study. Findings show that only 0.2% has attended
any farmers' education program. This paper combines both empirical data and existing
global literature to affirm rural women as farm managers and argues that since their
efficiency determines global food security, then the need to educate them cannot
be overemphasized. The paper concludes that women should be empowered through
farmers' education to be more efficient in their occupation. This action is vital
for them to be able to contribute more to global food security.<br><br>}, 
  publisher={Figshare}, 
  author={Charles and Mercy and Patrick and Idowu}, 
  year={2017}, 
  month={Oct}
  }