AGRIPRENEURSHIP AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED RURAL NIGERIA: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE RURAL WOMEN AGRIPRENEURSHIP EMPOWERMENT INDEX (RWAEI)

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dc.contributor.authorFidelis, Freda
dc.contributor.authorMercy Modupe, Adeyeye
dc.contributor.authorAlabi, Jacob Abu
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-14T12:00:23Z
dc.date.available2026-01-14T12:00:23Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-28
dc.description.abstractThe Rural Women Agripreneurship Empowerment Index (RWAEI), a multifaceted instrument for assessing the empowerment results of agripreneurial engagement among rural women in Northeastern Nigerian regions affected by conflict, is introduced in this study. The study examines how access to mechanization, farm production, hired labor, and market engagement contribute to long-term economic inclusion, decision-making authority, and community leadership in addition to job creation. It is framed within Sen's Capability Approach and Gendered Institutions Theory. The study uses confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), mediation analysis, and structural equation modeling (SEM) to validate the empowerment pathways and build the RWAEI model using data from 1,146 rural women in Gombe, Bauchi, and Adamawa. The findings show that the relationship between agripreneurship and empowerment is significantly mediated by labor employment and machine access.The index provides a context-specific metric for evaluating the agency and resilience of rural women, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.812. The results back up the combination of focused capacity-building initiatives and gender-sensitive agricultural policies to increase the effect of agribusiness. By shifting from output-based models to capability-focused empowerment assessment, the study advances the conversation around agripreneurship and has wide ranging implications for poverty alleviation, post-conflict recovery, and the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 19 No. 2 (2025): APSTRACT ,
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2025/2/6
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/402122
dc.identifier.volume19
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/15783
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerFreda Fidelis, Adeyeye Mercy Modupe, Jacob Abu Alabi
dc.subjectAgripreneurshipen
dc.subjectWomen Empowermenten
dc.subjectCapability Approachen
dc.subjectRWAEIen
dc.subjectConflict Affected Regionsen
dc.subjectPoverty Alleviationen
dc.titleAGRIPRENEURSHIP AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED RURAL NIGERIA: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE RURAL WOMEN AGRIPRENEURSHIP EMPOWERMENT INDEX (RWAEI)en
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