EFFECTS OF FOOD PRICES ON FOOD SECURITY IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF KWARA SOUTH

OLOYEDE,, FRANCIS ADEDOLAPO (2022) EFFECTS OF FOOD PRICES ON FOOD SECURITY IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF KWARA SOUTH. Masters thesis, Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara State.

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Abstract

Individuals living in rural regions are powerless against food insecurity, low quality food and an unbalanced diet. A report in 2017 by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization showed that out of 7.3 billion individuals on the planet, 795 million individuals or one out of nine experienced persistent chronic malnutrition in 2016. This indeed is true of some developing economies like Nigeria. The southern region of Kwara State was utilized as a contextual investigation in the research to look at how food prices affect food security. By employing descriptive statistics in its research, the study looked at the trajectory of pricing for a set of foodstuffs as well as the levels of several aspects of food security in the studied region. Additionally, the study used the multinomial logistic regression model to provide light on the factors that influence different aspects of food security in the area. Using descriptive statistics, the study area's reasons of an increase in food costs were investigated to see whether the local and distant causes are the same. A questionnaire was used by the research to collect its data. Four sections made up the questionnaire. The first section focused on the demographics of the respondents, the second on the level of food security in the home, the third on the reasons for the rise in food prices, and the last section on the different types of household income. The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA, 2020) food security questionnaire core module served as the foundation for the questionnaire's second section. The result from the study revealed that prices of selected foodstuff in the state over the years have been unstable. Furthermore, the descriptive analysis result showed there are demand, supply, and external factors that cause increases in the prices of foodstuff in the study area. Most of the homes in the research region fall into one of two categories: poor low food security or extremely low food security. High food secure families made up just 2.3 percent of all households. The study came to the conclusion that households in the study region do not have enough access to nourishing meals and are hence not very food secure. Keywords: Food Security, Availability, Accessibility, Utilization, Food Prices, USDA, Multinomial Logistic Regression

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