Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in Nigeria
Gender inequality in access to productive and economic resources has been a topical issue in sub-Saharan Africa. The restrictive access to resources, assets and decision making by women has been linked to food insecurity. Using a large cross-sectional dataset from the 2018/2019 Living Standard Measu...
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| author | Waheed Mobolaji Ashagidigbi Olajumoke Oluwatoyosi Orilua Kehinde Ademola Olagunju Abiodun Olusola Omotayo |
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| description | Gender inequality in access to productive and economic resources has been a topical issue in sub-Saharan Africa. The restrictive access to resources, assets and decision making by women has been linked to food insecurity. Using a large cross-sectional dataset from the 2018/2019 Living Standard Measurement Survey, this paper examines the interrelationship among gender, empowerment and households’ food security status in Nigeria. The analytical techniques adopted include the empowerment index, dietary diversity score and the Tobit and the ordered probit regression models. The findings suggest that the level of empowerment is generally low in Nigeria (21.63%) but much worse among the female gender (11.78%). The results also show that female gender and rural and North West residents were mostly in the food insecure and disempowered group. The study concludes that empowerment and food policy measures that would enhance access and control of productive and economic resources by the female gender and rural and North West residents should be formulated to ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of ending hunger and promoting gender equality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e8d99cc425747eea7e8b20963ab1fd42023-12-01T21:45:44ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722022-07-0112795610.3390/agriculture12070956Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in NigeriaWaheed Mobolaji Ashagidigbi0Olajumoke Oluwatoyosi Orilua1Kehinde Ademola Olagunju2Abiodun Olusola Omotayo3Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure 340110, NigeriaAgricultural and Resource Economics Department, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 704, Akure 340110, NigeriaDepartment of Agri-Food Economics and Trade, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznan, PolandFood Security and Focused Area Research Group, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, North West University, Private Bag X2046, Mmabatho 2735, North West Province, South AfricaGender inequality in access to productive and economic resources has been a topical issue in sub-Saharan Africa. The restrictive access to resources, assets and decision making by women has been linked to food insecurity. Using a large cross-sectional dataset from the 2018/2019 Living Standard Measurement Survey, this paper examines the interrelationship among gender, empowerment and households’ food security status in Nigeria. The analytical techniques adopted include the empowerment index, dietary diversity score and the Tobit and the ordered probit regression models. The findings suggest that the level of empowerment is generally low in Nigeria (21.63%) but much worse among the female gender (11.78%). The results also show that female gender and rural and North West residents were mostly in the food insecure and disempowered group. The study concludes that empowerment and food policy measures that would enhance access and control of productive and economic resources by the female gender and rural and North West residents should be formulated to ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of ending hunger and promoting gender equality.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/7/956gendereconomic resourcesdietary diversitynutritionordered probit |
| spellingShingle | Waheed Mobolaji Ashagidigbi Olajumoke Oluwatoyosi Orilua Kehinde Ademola Olagunju Abiodun Olusola Omotayo Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in Nigeria Agriculture gender economic resources dietary diversity nutrition ordered probit |
| title | Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in Nigeria |
| title_full | Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in Nigeria |
| title_short | Gender, Empowerment and Food Security Status of Households in Nigeria |
| title_sort | gender empowerment and food security status of households in nigeria |
| topic | gender economic resources dietary diversity nutrition ordered probit |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/7/956 |
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