ABSTRACT
Agriculture sector is underperforming in part because women, a crucial gender
contributing to farming have no sufficient knowledge and skills. To generate interest
in farming at an early age, teaching of agriculture was introduced to Kenyan secondary
school education system. This study, done in Navakholo sub-County, sought to
establish the proportion of women graduates of KCSE Agriculture subject involved in
farming and their contribution to agricultural productivity. The aim was to contribute
to strategies by policy makers to enhance agricultural productivity through female
education training at secondary school level. Correlational research design was used
against a population of 20,000 farm families to target 8,000 women farmers of farm
families. Multi-stage random sampling method was adopted to obtain a sample size of
422 women farmers. A household survey by use of a questionnaire, Focus Group
Discussions by use discussion guides and key informant interviews by use of a
checklist were used to collect primary data. Results from data analysis found that the
proportion of women graduates of KCSE agriculture subject practising agriculture was
low (25%). The KCSE women agriculture graduates’ reasons for choosing agriculture
subject varied from developing practical agriculture skills to high exam performance.
The study established that learning agriculture subject had a positive impact on farmer
productivity (P
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NAWAMBISA, ANNAH . "Contribution Of Women Graduates Of Secondary School Agriculture Subject To Agricultural Productivity In Navakholo, Kakamega County, Kenya" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 02, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/contribution-of-women-graduates-of-secondary-school-agriculture-subject-to-agricultural-productivity-in-navakholo-kakamega-county-kenya