Urban Food Crop Farming and Farm Households’ Food Security Status in Oyo State, Nigeria
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Urban Food Crop Farming and Farm Households’ Food Security Status in Oyo State, Nigeria
Létrehozó:
Olaleye, David Tobi
Obayelu, Abiodun Elijah
Ogunmola, Omotoso Oluseye
Kiadó:
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business
Dátum:
2018-05-02
Téma:
Food Security
Urban Food Crop
Food Security Index
Probit Regression Model
Tartalmi leírás:
Food production and supply has been on the decline in Nigeria with a consequent impact on household food security. This study examined the influence of urban farming on household food security in Oyo State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 159 farm households in a cross-sectional survey. Structured questionnaire was used to obtain data on socio-economic characteristics, determine the food security status of urban crop farming households in the study area, and examine the effects of urban crop production on households’ food security status. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics while the statistical tools were Food Security Index (FSI) and Probit Regression Model (PRM). Results revealed that 84.9% of the respondents was male, 81.2% married. The average age, household size, and farm size were 49.6 years, 6 persons, 1.1 hectares respectively. Most (75.5%) of the respondents did not have access to consumption credit and 62.3% did not belong to any farmers association. Based on minimum daily energy requirement per adult equivalent of N230.8, 90.6% of the farm households was food secure. The PRM showed that age (β = -0.1, p<0.05), household size (β= -0.4, p<0.01) and economic efficiency (β = -61.6, p<0.05) reduced the probability of household food security while access to consumption credit (β= 1.7, p<0.05) and allocative efficiency (β = 67.9, p<0.05) increased the probability of household food security. The study concluded that urban farming significantly influence household food security. JEL Classification: Q11
Nyelv:
angol
Típus:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
Formátum:
application/pdf
Azonosító:
10.19041/APSTRACT/2018/1-2/3
Forrás:
Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce; Vol. 12 No. 1-2 (2018); 23-28
1789-7874
1789-221X
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