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Community Development Journal Advance Access published online on February 25, 2005
Community Development Journal, doi:10.1093/cdj/bsi044
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Women's participation in self-help community development projects in Ndokwa agricultural zone of Delta State, Nigeria

Reuben Ajayi 1* and N. Otuya 1

1 Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Reuben Ajayi, E-mail: adefioye2003{at}yahoo.com


  Abstract

The study was designed to assess women's participation in self-help community development projects in the Ndokwa agricultural zone of Delta State, Nigeria. A total of thirty communities were involved in the study. From the thirty communities, sixty-one project leaders were purposively selected. A total of thirty purposively selected non-participant women were also interviewed. Semi-structured interview schedules were developed and used in gathering information. Data were described through the use of frequency and percentage. The findings indicated that the women actually embarked on many self-help development projects and the most common (19.6%) one was the cooperative society. A greater proportion (93.5%) of the identified projects had been completed and they were functioning.


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