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One billion people living with disabilities in low- and middle-income countries are argued to make up the poorest of the poor, yet to our knowledge, no literature has captured the livelihood of people living with disabilities in the context of farming in Nigeria, specifically northern Nigeria where most of the households are involved in agriculture and related activities.Objectives: This article reports on findings from a study that sought to understand disability in the context of northern Nigerian farming, with a particular focus on the role and lived experiences of people living with disabilities working in the agricultural sector.Method: A survey questionnaire was developed and captured the experiences of 1067 people living with disabilities working in the agricultural sector across five states (Adamawa, Bauchi, Jigawa, Kaduna and Yobe) in northern Nigeria.Results: Findings indicate that people with disabilities are actively participating in agricultural activities for several reasons, which specifically included \u2018forced to and for survival\u2019. When participants reported needing care, this was predominantly provided by family members. Findings also showed that participants with disabilities experienced several economic and sociocultural challenges because of their impairments.Conclusion: This study adds to the very limited literature on farmers living with disabilities in sub-Saharan Africa and so highlights the need for more research to be conducted with farmers living with disabilities in Nigeria, particularly female farmers living with disabilities. These will provide more evidence pertaining to the experiences of farmers living with disabilities in order to provide effective disability- and gender-inclusive agricultural and entrepreneurship programmes in Nigeria.Contribution: The results of this research reveal important insights relating to the experiences of farmers living with disabilities in northern Nigeria, which can contribute to informing future developmental projects to achieve effective inclusion and actively benefit people living with disabilities.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/ajod.v11i0.897","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,17]],"date-time":"2022-08-17T11:51:26Z","timestamp":1660737086000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Exploring the role and lived experiences of people with disabilities working in the agricultural sector in northern Nigeria the agricultural sector in northern Nigeria"],"prefix":"10.4102","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4415-1137","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Precious N.","family":"Sango","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3684-3627","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohammed","family":"Bello","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1983-2897","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Roy","family":"Deveau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2401-8163","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kevin","family":"Gager","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9547-9103","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Belinda","family":"Boateng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2786-7985","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hauwa K.","family":"Ahmed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6496-6600","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mohammed N.","family":"Azam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2580","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref0001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"71","DOI":"10.1080\/02674648866780061","volume":"3","author":"Abang","year":"1988","journal-title":"Disability, Handicap & Society"},{"key":"ref0002","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s40854-017-0085-6"},{"issue":"347-2016-16775","key":"ref0003","first-page":"205","volume":"19","author":"Acharya","year":"2006","journal-title":"Agricultural Economics Research Review"},{"key":"ref0004","author":"Ahlenb\u00e4ck","year":"2020","journal-title":"Disability inclusion helpdesk webinar: Mobile phone technology for disability-inclusive agricultural development, disability inclusion helpdesk research report No. 17"},{"key":"ref0005","author":"Aranda-Jan","year":"2021","journal-title":"Inclusive digital agriculture: Making value chains work for farmers with disabilities"},{"key":"ref0006","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/0020764011423180"},{"key":"ref0007","author":"Banks","year":"2014","journal-title":"The economic costs of exclusion and gains of inclusion of people with disabilities"},{"key":"ref0008","author":"Central Intelligence Agency","year":"2022","journal-title":"The world fact book, Central Intelligence Agency"},{"key":"ref0009","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1192\/bjp.bp.106.022483"},{"key":"ref0010","author":"DFID","year":"2000","journal-title":"Disability, poverty and development. 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