The study was carried out in Anambra State, Nigeria to ascertain constraints to
occupational diversification among rural women. Questionnaire was used to
collect data from a sample of 462 rural women. Percentage, mean scores,
standard deviation, factor analysis and student’s t-test were used for data
analysis. Major constraints to occupational diversification were grouped into
labour, institutional, technical and social problems. The study identified solutions
to problems to include provision of adequate physical infrastructure such as
roads, electricity and pipe-borne water in rural areas (74.2%), provision of social
amenities such as hospitals (73.6%), establishment of industries in rural areas
to create job opportunities (72.9%) and appropriate government policy on
women empowerment (65.8%), among others. There was a significant
difference between means of farm and non-farm income. The mean of farm
income was ₦31,022.8 while the mean of non-farm income was ₦125,364 (t=
12.136; p≤0.05). The study recommends the inclusion of non-farm occupations
in rural extension services especially value chain of cash crops as a means of
improving income generation