TY - RPRT T1 - The half-hidden economic roles of rural Nigerian women and national development Y1 - 1987 A1 - Rae Lesser Blumberg A1 - Lorna Lueker KW - Africa KW - agriculture KW - animal by-products KW - animal husbandry KW - crop by-products KW - economics KW - farm forestry KW - female agriculture KW - harvesting KW - marketing KW - national development KW - Nigeria KW - oil KW - processing KW - rural people KW - soils KW - sowing KW - storage KW - tending KW - transporting KW - weeding KW - women AB - As Nigerian oil exports flourished, its agricultural production floundered from 45 percent of the Gross Domestic Product in 1970 to 25 percent in 1987. However, in order to understand the full measure of the Nigerian agricultural stiuation, and assess its impacts on hindering or facilitating national development, one must understand just how women fit in the various farming systems of the country. This manuscript starts with an overview of Nigeria's recent oil and agricultural situation. Next, the paper presents a glimpse of Nigeria's major variance in ethnicity, ecology, and the division of agricultural labor and resources by gender. Then, the manual examines the gender division of labor and resources in the agricultural sector, and looks at recent changes. In section four, the paper draws links from micro to macro levels, and identifies the gaps in our knowledge of gender and agricultural systems in Nigeria. Finally, the text concludes with a summary of the major findings and a series of policy recommendations. N1 - Research monograph prepared for the World Bank U5 - 75 pp. ER -