Livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern Nigeria
The study examined the effects of households' livelihood diversification strategies on food insecurity in rural Northeastern Nigeria. In order to realise the objectives of the study, primary data were obtained from 444 farmers with the aid of structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, To...
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Naučno društvo agrarnih ekonomista Balkana, Beograd; Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede, Beograd i Akademija ekonomskih nauka, Bukurešt
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| author | Gani Bayero Sule Olayemi Joseph Kayode Inoni Odjuvwuederhie Emmanuel |
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| description | The study examined the effects of households' livelihood diversification strategies on food insecurity in rural Northeastern Nigeria. In order to realise the objectives of the study, primary data were obtained from 444 farmers with the aid of structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Tobit regression model, Cost of Calorie Function and ANOVA were used to analyse the data. The findings showed that farmers adopted five livelihood strategies of which Cropping, Poultry and Livestock Keeping (CPL) was predominant, accounting for 37.39% of respondents. However, 7.43% of the households practising Cropping, Fishing, Livestock keeping and Off-farm (CFLO) had the highest surplus and least shortfall indices of 0.75 and 0.20 respectively; implying that food secure households in this category exceeded daily RDA of 2250kcal of energy/adult equivalent/day by 75%; but food insecure households fell short of same by 20%. Head count ratio indicated that 58% and 42% of individuals in this category are food secure and food insecure respectively. Thus, a significant relationship between households' food insecurity and livelihood diversification strategies is established. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8cd659e40fd48f5a2312bdd94f21b732022-12-21T21:09:15ZengNaučno društvo agrarnih ekonomista Balkana, Beograd; Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede, Beograd i Akademija ekonomskih nauka, BukureštEkonomika Poljoprivrede (1979)0352-34622334-84532019-01-016612812950352-34621901281GLivelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern NigeriaGani Bayero Sule0Olayemi Joseph Kayode1Inoni Odjuvwuederhie Emmanuel2Taraba State University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Jalingo, NigeriaUniversity of Ibadan, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics, Ibadan, NigeriaDelta State University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Abraka, NigeriaThe study examined the effects of households' livelihood diversification strategies on food insecurity in rural Northeastern Nigeria. In order to realise the objectives of the study, primary data were obtained from 444 farmers with the aid of structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, Tobit regression model, Cost of Calorie Function and ANOVA were used to analyse the data. The findings showed that farmers adopted five livelihood strategies of which Cropping, Poultry and Livestock Keeping (CPL) was predominant, accounting for 37.39% of respondents. However, 7.43% of the households practising Cropping, Fishing, Livestock keeping and Off-farm (CFLO) had the highest surplus and least shortfall indices of 0.75 and 0.20 respectively; implying that food secure households in this category exceeded daily RDA of 2250kcal of energy/adult equivalent/day by 75%; but food insecure households fell short of same by 20%. Head count ratio indicated that 58% and 42% of individuals in this category are food secure and food insecure respectively. Thus, a significant relationship between households' food insecurity and livelihood diversification strategies is established.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0352-3462/2019/0352-34621901281G.pdfrural householdNortheastern Nigerialivelihood diversification strategiesfood insecuritydietary Allowance |
| spellingShingle | Gani Bayero Sule Olayemi Joseph Kayode Inoni Odjuvwuederhie Emmanuel Livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern Nigeria Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979) rural household Northeastern Nigeria livelihood diversification strategies food insecurity dietary Allowance |
| title | Livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern Nigeria |
| title_full | Livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern Nigeria |
| title_short | Livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in North-Eastern Nigeria |
| title_sort | livelihood diversification strategies and food insecurity status of rural farming households in north eastern nigeria |
| topic | rural household Northeastern Nigeria livelihood diversification strategies food insecurity dietary Allowance |
| url | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0352-3462/2019/0352-34621901281G.pdf |
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