Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: (2010),"Dietary diversity as an indicator of micronutrient adequacy of the diet of five to eight year old Indian rural children", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 40 Iss 5 pp. 466-476 http:// dx.If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The aim of the study is to assess the dietary diversity score (DDS) and nutritional status of women in the University of Agriculture extension village in rural areas of Ogun State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach -A representative sample of 204 women was surveyed from the rural villages in two seasons using simple random technique. A pretested interview guide was used to collect information on personal data, and socio demographic characteristics of the subjects. Information on dietary diversity was obtained using Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project questionnaire (FANTA). Body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR) and skin fold thickness were used in classifying obesity. Information on food intake was obtained from 24-hour dietary recall techniques. For each season, a DDS was computed and the nutritional status was assessed. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics; SPSS software package version 16.0. Findings -The socio economic characteristic revealed that more than half (53 percent) had no formal education, 59 percent were small scale farmers. The DDS increased from 3.55^7.6 to 3.93^4.3 between the two seasons. DDS within the various food groups showed that fruit group increased from 0.48^0.20 to 0.52.^0.10, vegetable group 0.60^0.30 to 0.66^0.30, and meat group 0.48^0.20 to 0.58^0.30 while cereals/grain groups and oil/dairies group decreased from 0.42^0.30 to 0.37, 0.11^0.30 to 0.09, respectively, between the two seasons. The nutrient content of the subjects was calculated from nutrient contents of foods obtained from food composition tables and compared to dietary reference intake (DRI). The results showed that the protein, energy and fat intakes of the subjects increased significantly during the rainy season ( p , 0.05). Two percent of the subjects gained weight, 4 percent had weight reduction from overweight and obese category. The result of the waist-hip ratio showed that 78 percent had normal...

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This study assessed the benefits derived by fish farmers from Fadama II project in Lagos State by interviewing 185 fish farmers who participated in Fadama II project from 9 Fadama Community Associations (FCAs) through a multistage sampling technique. Data collected with the aid of structured interview guide were analyzed with descriptive statistics and Chi-square. Majority of the fish farmers were male (71.89%), Christians (53.51%), married (41.62%) and educated (89.19%). The mean level of participation indicated that fish farmers participated mostly in decision making (2.97), election of group/association executives (2.95) and attendance at group meetings (2.86). The fish farmers benefited mainly from technical support through training, technological and material supports via the project. The fish farmers greatly benefited from the provision of fingerlings (96.77%), provision of drag net (96.77%), provision of generator (94.05%), purchase of weighing machine (92.97%) and provision of pelleting machine (92.43%). Acceptance of production system for use was high for concrete tanks (69.73%), earthen pond (58.92%) and wooden tank system (50.27%). The result of Chi-square deduced that there were significant associations between the fish farmers' level of benefit derived from Fadama II project and their level of participation in decision making (χ 2 =7.153, p<0.05), financial contribution (χ 2 =6.122, p<0.05), advisory services to other group members (χ 2 =10.903, p<0.01), maintenance of association equipments (χ 2 =10.121, p<0.01), rehabilitation or construction of local fish markets (χ 2 =0.003, p<0.01) and election of association executives (χ 2 =11.415, p<0.01). The study therefore concluded that NFDP II has not only economic benefits but also social, technological, technical and material supports on fish farming in Lagos State and recommended that development projects should employ the demanddriven, bottom-top, informal and community-driven approaches in addressing the need of the poor in rural areas.