Comparative Analysis on Socio-economic Factors Between Food Secure and Food Insecure Households among Urban Households in Benue State, Nigeria

Iorlamen, T.R.; Abu, G. A.; Lawal, W.L.

doi:10.1080/09766898.2013.11884702

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“…The results also show that protein and calorie deficiencies are more prevalent in urban than in the rural sector especially among the low-income household cohorts. This contradicts some traditional claims that the welfare (nutritional) status of urban households is better than that of the rural dwellers (International Monetary Fund 1986;Iorlamen et al 2013). Turning to micro-nutrients, the results show that the deficiency of folic acids, vitamin B2 and vitamin B3 are generally high, with a prevalence of more than 69% across all household groups, consistent with Ijarotimi (2004) who reported 100% incidence of the deficiency of these micro-nutrients.…”

Section: Nutrient Deficiency Profilescontrasting

confidence: 58%

“…Besides, there are indications that the developmental thinking and interventions in the country, especially as it relates to food consumption and nutritional well-being have skewed largely towards the rural sector. This is perhaps underscored by the traditional perspective that urban dwellers in developing countries are better off in terms of their living conditions (food and nutrition inclusive) than their rural counterparts (International Monetary Fund 1986;Iorlamen et al 2013). Nevertheless, as Nigeria is becoming more urbanized with urban population growing at approximately three times higher than that of rural sector (World Bank 2013; United Nations Statistics Division 2013), whether the erstwhile claim still holds generally for the rural sector in terms of food consumption and nutrition remains a matter for empirical investigation.…”

Section: Abstract Dietary Quality Food and Nutrition Interventionismmentioning

confidence: 96%

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Household Food Expenditure Patterns, Food Nutrient Consumption and Nutritional Vulnerability in Nigeria: Implications for Policy

Akerele

2015

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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The study examined the patterns of food spending, food nutrient consumption, and nutrient deficiency profiles of households in Nigeria using a cross-sectional nationwide household survey data. Food nutrients were estimated from food expenditure data while the nutrient deficiency profiles were assessed adapting Foster et al. (1984) poverty index. The study established widespread nutritional deficiencies with low-income household cohorts bearing a greater burden of the deficiencies. Protein-protein deficiency appears to be much more prevalent in urban than rural areas. However, the deficiency of micro-nutrients seems to diffuse across urban-rural divides of the country with deficiency of calcium, vitamin A, and vitamin C appearing to be more pronounced in rural areas while phosphorous, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and vitamin B3 deficiencies seem to be higher in urban settings. Pro-poor income growth strategies and sensitively guided urban-rural food and nutrition interventions are advocated for improved food consumption and nutritional deficiency reduction.

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Section: Nutrient Deficiency Profilescontrasting

confidence: 58%

Section: Abstract Dietary Quality Food and Nutrition Interventionismmentioning

confidence: 96%

Household Food Expenditure Patterns, Food Nutrient Consumption and Nutritional Vulnerability in Nigeria: Implications for Policy

Akerele

2015

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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“…Ahungwa et al (2013) recommended that the government and all stakeholders should take advantage of existing structure such as the Fadama Development Project to improve their food security status. In another study, Iorlamen et al (2013) examined factors (i.e., socio-economic variables) that affected the food security status of urban households in Nigeria. The result of the research showed that 67.3 percent of urban households were food secure in Benue state of Nigeria.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A couple of methods have intensively been used in the literature which wee the expenditure and calorie intake methods (Maxwell, 1996). In this study we chose the calorie intake method, through constructing a FSI, as this method reflects the actual food consumption pattern of households (e.g., Adeniyi & Ojo, 2013;Ahungwa et al, 2013;Babatunde et al, 2010;Iorlamen et al, 2013Iorlamen et al, , 2014and Kuwornu et al, 2013). Food security status of each household is a measure based on the food security line using the daily calorie intake recommended by FAO (2005).…”

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“…In addition to measuring the food security status of participants in the survey, we used a logistic regression model to identify the factors that determined their food security condition. To do this, precedent studies have used various models, such as the Cobb-Douglas production function model (e.g., Ahmed & Garnett, 2011), multiple regression model (e.g., Babatunde et al, 2010), probit regression model (e.g., Yusuf et al, 2011), and logistic regression model (e.g., Adeniyi & Ojo, 2013;Babatunde et al, 2007;Iorlamen et al, 2013Iorlamen et al, , 2014Kuwornu et al, 2013). We chose the logistic model in our study because of the nature of the dependent variable, which is dichotomous and for the fact that it can estimate the probability that an event occurs or not by predicting a binary dependent outcome from a set of independent variables (Greene, 2018).…”

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Assessing the Determinants of Food Security Status in Bangladesh: A Micro-Econometric Analysis

Dev¹,

Hossain²,

Haghiri³

2020

ELP

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Food security is an intricate issue which includes diverse aspects as well as many linkages. In Bangladesh, food security is tried to be achieved by increasing the production of rice both by employing modern agricultural technology as well as by increasing the area under rice production. Despite the impressive gains in increasing domestic food grain production, problems of food and nutrition security still remain. Bangladesh is yet to achieve comprehensive food security that resolves the problems of inadequate food intake and chronic malnutrition among those who are poor and vulnerable. The main objective of this paper is to the contribution of different factors behind household food security status of 180 households in three Northern districts of Bangladesh. The study area was chosen because relatively little energy consumption data are available concerning this geographical area. The study used both primary and secondary data. Food security status of each household was assessed on the basis of the food security line using the daily calorie intake recommended by FAO. This method has proven to be efficient in measuring food security at household level. Additionally, the use of a logistic regression model identified the factors that plays crucial role in determining the food security status of the households. Results from the food security index revealed that more than 60 percent of households were with food insecurity. In addition, we found that total monthly household income, age of household head, education level of household head, household size, farm size, gender of household head, livestock ownership and quantity of cereal production had significant influence on food security status at the household level.

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Measuring food security status among households in Osun State, Nigeria

Fawole

Özkan

Ayanrinde

2016

British Food Journal

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the food security status of 150 households in Osun state of Nigeria. The study area was chosen because relatively little energy consumption data are available concerning this geographical location. Design/methodology/approach – The study used both primary and secondary data. The suitable households sample was chosen by multi-stage random sampling technique. The methodology employed to group the households into either food secure or food insecure is by comparing daily per capita calorie consumption by each household with the threshold daily per capita calorie requirement of 2,710 kcal/day/adult equivalent. This method has proven to be efficient in measuring food security at household level. Findings – The results of the study reveal that majority of the households surveyed are food insecure that is their daily per capita calorie intake falls below the recommended daily per capita calorie requirement. The food insecure households constitute 54 per cent, surplus index of 0.36 per cent and food insecurity gap of 0.0038. Research limitations/implications – The greatest limitation to this study is the inability to collect data on the distribution of income, budget share on foods and socio-economic characteristics of the households to determine how their food security status is influenced due to impediments such as time, limited resources to collect a complete dataset used for the study. Also, recalling accurately the foods eaten in the last 24-hour was difficult for some of the household heads especially the aged ones and precise measurement of foods portion were also not accurate in some cases. Practical implications – The findings of the study will help the stakeholders in food sector in policy formulations and also serve as reference for other researchers who will work on similar topic. Social implications – The revelation that majority of the households are lacking in calorie intake will provide guidance for stakeholders in food sector to put in place efforts that will improve balance between food production and accessibility. Originality/value – The study used original data collected directly from the households for the study using structured questionnaires and the reference materials from secondary sources are appropriately cited. Also, it is worthy to note that not many studies have been carried out in the study area on food security especially in the rural areas.

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Comparative Analysis on Socio-economic Factors Between Food Secure and Food Insecure Households among Urban Households in Benue State, Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

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Household Food Expenditure Patterns, Food Nutrient Consumption and Nutritional Vulnerability in Nigeria: Implications for Policy

Household Food Expenditure Patterns, Food Nutrient Consumption and Nutritional Vulnerability in Nigeria: Implications for Policy

Assessing the Determinants of Food Security Status in Bangladesh: A Micro-Econometric Analysis

Measuring food security status among households in Osun State, Nigeria

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