TY - JFULL AU - A. A. Adekunle and A. M. Omoare and W. O. Oyediran PY - 2014/2/ TI - Rural Women’s Skill Acquisition in the Processing of Locust Bean in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria T2 - International Journal of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering SP - 105 EP - 109 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9997147 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 85, 2014 N2 - This study was carried out to assess rural women’s skill acquisition in the processing of locust bean in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 90 women locust bean processors for this study. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The result showed that the mean age of respondents was 40.72 years. Most (70.00%) of the respondents were married. The mean processing experience was 8.63 years. 93.30% of the respondents relied on information from fellow locust beans processors and friends. All (100%) the respondents did not acquire improved processing skill through trainings and workshops. It can be concluded that the rural women’s skill acquisition on modernized processing techniques was generally low. It is hereby recommend that the rural women processors should be trained by extension service providers through series of workshops and seminars on improved processing techniques. ER -