Poverty and food insecurity are some of the problems facing
Nigerian population and governments at various levels today.
Urban agriculture holds promise at solving these intractable
problems. Urban agriculture is a practice that takes place in all
urban centres, but existing studies have not succinctly
examined the involvement of women in agriculture in small
urban centres of Nigeria. The aim of this paper therefore, is to
examine the motives behind involvement of women in urban
agriculture in small agro-towns of Kwara State, Nigeria. A
total of 1,801 women farmers were selected from 13
settlements cutting across 8 LGAs. Simple percentages,
graphic illustrations, charts, tabulation and cross tabulation and
stepwise multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the
generated data. The study identifies three factors: food
security, income supplement and accessibility to land,
accounting for 98.6% as the best predictors of women
involvement in urban agriculture. The study recommends that
urban agriculture should be given official recognition by
advocating for its support while women should be provided
with financial resources to expand their farm plots.