Open AccessANALYSIS OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN ARID AREAS OF BORNO STATE, NIGERIA
Author(s) -
Osama A. Mohammed,
U Bukar,
J Umar,
B Abdulsalam,
B. Dahiru
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.5707/cjae.2014.8.1.1.8
Subject(s) - food security , agriculture , arid , state (computer science) , agricultural economics , geography , agricultural science , agroforestry , business , socioeconomics , economics , environmental science , ecology , archaeology , algorithm , computer science , biology
International audienceThe study assessed food security situation among smallholder farming househ Borno State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used in selecting 200 household respondents. Data were collected with the use of interview scheduled and structured questionnaires. Result revealed that 91% of the respondents were male, 59% were full time farmers and 33% of the households had farming experience of 11 household respondents were food secure. Logit result indicates that the coefficient of education level(p≤0.01), farming experience were significant and positively related to household size (p≤0.05) was significant and negatively related to food security in the study area. Reduction of quantity of meals, sales of assets, purchase of less preferred food and b credit were the coping strategies to is recommended that farming household members should be encouraged to go into formal education and respondents should be empowered econom putting them in a better footing to have access to food items