Attitudes of Women Farmers towards Urban Agriculture in Somolu Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria.

The study assesses the attitudes of women farmers towards urban agriculture in Somolu local government area of Lagos State. Fifty respondents were randomly selected from five extension blocks were purposively selected due to high concentrations of women involved in urban agriculture. The data obtained were analyzed with the aid of frequency count and percentages while chi-square was used to test the hypothesis. The findings indicates that the women’s' attitude to urban agriculture remains extremely negative. The statistical analysis performed on the respondents’ attitude towards urban agriculture as a profession revealed that there was significant relationship to the respondents’ age, marital status, educational level, years of experience and access to loan respectively while farm size, annual income, access to labour and access to inputs were statistically insignificant