Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience Pillars

This study investigated the effect of resilience components and indicators on households' welfare distribution in the study area, using the data collected from households' surveys. Respondents were drawn from the study area through the multistage random sampling technique; while the data o...

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Main Authors: Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi, Tosin Dolapo Olawuyi, Olusegun Jeremiah Ijila, Olumuyiwa Amos Oyeleye
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.902289/full
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author Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi
Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi
Tosin Dolapo Olawuyi
Olusegun Jeremiah Ijila
Olumuyiwa Amos Oyeleye
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description This study investigated the effect of resilience components and indicators on households' welfare distribution in the study area, using the data collected from households' surveys. Respondents were drawn from the study area through the multistage random sampling technique; while the data obtained from 363 sampled respondents were analyzed and described through the use of descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, percentages, and cross tabulation technique). The resilience tool of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN-FAO) was adopted to measure the resilience pillars through their corresponding components/indicators. Similarly, a quantile regression econometric model was used to estimate the effect of the resilience pillars vis-à-vis the indicators on welfare distribution in the study area. The results indicated that the majority of the respondents fall within the low quintiles of households' welfare, while women were found to be disproportionately vulnerable to shocks, as many of them fall within the low welfare class. The resilience pillars/components were found to have varying degrees of significance and direction of movement with quintiles of households' welfare status. This was observed across all the quintiles (0.1, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 0.90; that is, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 90th quintiles), respectively. The study recommended proper and transparent implementation of functional social protection programs to reduce households' vulnerability to shock and stressors. There is also the need for investments to be made across all pillars and indicators of resilience to build sustained households' resilience capacity and welfare status.
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spelling doaj.art-ddc8cf42afb24f36b6e75bf03c8d113a2022-12-22T00:40:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2022-06-01610.3389/fsufs.2022.902289902289Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience PillarsSeyi Olalekan Olawuyi0Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi1Tosin Dolapo Olawuyi2Olusegun Jeremiah Ijila3Olumuyiwa Amos Oyeleye4Department of Agricultural Economics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, NigeriaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South AfricaDepartment of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Osun State University, Ejigbo, NigeriaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South AfricaDepartment of Economics, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, NigeriaThis study investigated the effect of resilience components and indicators on households' welfare distribution in the study area, using the data collected from households' surveys. Respondents were drawn from the study area through the multistage random sampling technique; while the data obtained from 363 sampled respondents were analyzed and described through the use of descriptive statistics (frequency distribution, percentages, and cross tabulation technique). The resilience tool of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UN-FAO) was adopted to measure the resilience pillars through their corresponding components/indicators. Similarly, a quantile regression econometric model was used to estimate the effect of the resilience pillars vis-à-vis the indicators on welfare distribution in the study area. The results indicated that the majority of the respondents fall within the low quintiles of households' welfare, while women were found to be disproportionately vulnerable to shocks, as many of them fall within the low welfare class. The resilience pillars/components were found to have varying degrees of significance and direction of movement with quintiles of households' welfare status. This was observed across all the quintiles (0.1, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 0.90; that is, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 90th quintiles), respectively. The study recommended proper and transparent implementation of functional social protection programs to reduce households' vulnerability to shock and stressors. There is also the need for investments to be made across all pillars and indicators of resilience to build sustained households' resilience capacity and welfare status.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.902289/fullshocksresiliencewelfarequantile regressionOyo StateNigeria
spellingShingle Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi
Seyi Olalekan Olawuyi
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Olusegun Jeremiah Ijila
Olumuyiwa Amos Oyeleye
Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience Pillars
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
shocks
resilience
welfare
quantile regression
Oyo State
Nigeria
title Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience Pillars
title_full Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience Pillars
title_fullStr Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience Pillars
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience Pillars
title_short Sustainable Food Systems and Farmers' Welfare Status Distribution in Oyo State, Nigeria: Building Buffers Against Shocks and Stressors Through Resilience Pillars
title_sort sustainable food systems and farmers welfare status distribution in oyo state nigeria building buffers against shocks and stressors through resilience pillars
topic shocks
resilience
welfare
quantile regression
Oyo State
Nigeria
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.902289/full
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