Assessment of female engagement in processing low cost or no cost agricultural products for self-reliance in Jigawa State, Niger
This study focuses on Jaya community in Jigawa State, Nigeria. It seeks to identify some agricultural plants, trees and grasses that do not require money or which very little money is needed to purchase with a view to empower rural women towards involvement in processing such products for self-reliance e.g. cassia, tamarind, sesame, moringa, hibiscus sabdriffa, sorghum, groundnuts, neems etc. The population of the study comprised all the women in Jaya community. The population was made up of 79 women. As intact community was used no sample was needed for the study.