ASSESSMENT OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

FADEYI,, BLESSING OLUWASEUN (2021) ASSESSMENT OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA. Masters thesis, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara State.

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Abstract

Nigeria as a country is endowed with immense human and natural resources that, if efficiently utilized, can feed its people and export its abundance to other nations; yet, the country is enduring a recurrent food crisis in terms of both its quantity and quality. This study assessed the food security among households in north central Nigeria. The specific objectives were to examine the household consumption pattern, assess household food security status, analyze the determinants of household food security and analyze the determinants of household food expenditure. The study used secondary data obtained from 2012/2013 and 2015/2016 General Household Survey Panel year (GHS-Panel 2012/2013 and 2015/2016). These data contributed to a better understanding of how agriculture affects households’ wellbeing over time. It allows for a more in-depth look at how households increase human and physical capital, how education affects incomes, and the impact of government policies and programs on poverty, among other things. A subset of 801 households from the urban and rural sectors in the north central region was used for this study. The findings showed that cereals and root tubers are the dominants food being consumed in the study area because of their high calorie content. The finding also established that there was a high level of food insecurity in both sectors but household in the rural sector are more food secured than household in the urban sector mainly because production of the food crops is in the rural areas. Also, the finding also showed that the major determinants of food security status are age, education, household size and income, while the determinants of food expenditure are education, household size and income. The study recommends that policy makers should seek to improve the quality of education, government should provide ambience that will encourage high level of Periurban farming and agribusiness in urban sector, farming households in the study area should reduce their household size by engaging appropriate family planning regime and young folks whose age are between 21 and 49 years should be gainfully and productively engaged in Nigeria thereby increase the food security status in the country. Keywords: food security, households, consumption pattern, food expenditure, North central

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