Hunger in the midst of plenty: A survey of household food security among urban families in Lagos State, Nigeria

Roberts, Alero Ann; Osadare, James Olufemi; Inem, Victor

doi:10.4081/jphia.2019.885

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“…to household food access and ultimately child undernutrition (Black et al 2008). In this study, mothers' educational status was significantly associated with the child's nutritional status, in agreement with other authors (Oyebanjo, Ambali, and Akerele 2013, Roberts, Osadare, and Inem 2019, Singh, Singh, and Ram 2014. This implies that the more educated the father and/or mother, the more food secure the household (Babatunde, Omotesho, and Sholotan 2007).…”

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Household Food Insecurity, Coping Strategies and Child Dietary Diversity (24-59 months) in Ibadan, Nigeria

Samuel

Otitoju

Okekunle³

2020

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Background and Objective: The importance of optimal nutrition should not be underestimated in population well-being and national development. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between household food insecurity (HFI) and child dietary diversity (CDD) in mother-child (24-59 months) pairs in an urban population. Method: HFI and CDD were assessed using primary data collected from a sample of 360 apparently healthy mother-child pairs from three local government wards in Ibadan, Nigeria. HFI was categorized as ‘food secure’ and ‘food insecure’ and the CDD score (CDDS) was classified as low (<4) and high (≥4). Multiple logistic regression models were used to assess the association between HFI and CDD at P<0.05. Results: 90.3% of households were food insecure and 30.0% of children had a low CDDS. The proportion of children with low CDD was significantly higher (P=0.012) among food-insecure households (32.0%) compared to children from food-secure households (11.4%). Similarly, the multivariable-adjusted odds ratio of high CDD given HFI was 0.266 (95% confidence interval 0.091, 0.783), P = 0.016. Conclusion: HFI was associated with the risk of low CDD and children from food-insecure households are about four times less likely to present high CDDS. It is vital to affirm the significance of HFI in the risk of low CDDS using a large multi-ethnic longitudinal cohort taking into cognizance relevant confounders.

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Household Food Insecurity, Coping Strategies and Child Dietary Diversity (24-59 months) in Ibadan, Nigeria

Samuel

Otitoju

Okekunle³

2020

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“…26 In 2019, it was estimated that only 33.8% of Lagos households were food secure. 27 Lagos is a major economic center where access to improved water technologies is much more common than in other parts of Nigeria, and only approximately 2.8% of households relied on unimproved sources from ponds, streams, and rainwater in 2004-2005. 28 We hypothesized that marginalized SGM populations may be disproportionately represented in those lacking access to improved water 29 as previously demonstrated with food insecurity.…”

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Food and Water Insecurity in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups Living With HIV in Lagos, Nigeria

Hamill

Adebajo

et al. 2023

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

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“…At present, China has fully realized the poverty alleviation goal with "don't worry about food" as the core, but having enough food cannot always ensure the nutrition and health of residents, and hunger in the midst of plenty also occurs occasionally [14,15], which can be addressed by letting a balanced and diverse diet [16]. Ellis pointed out earlier that devising diversified production models is an ideal strategy for small farmers in developing countries to ensure their family survival when facing severe external shocks [17,18].…”

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The impact of crop specialization on nutritional intake: Evidence from farm households in China

Sun¹,

Qian

Cao

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Background In the wake of the severe impact of COVID-19 on the food security of the vulnerable groups in rural areas, the issue of how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 2 aims to “Zero Hunger” (SDG 2) and ensure the food safety of farmers has drawn unprecedented attention. Nutritional intake is generally used as an important indicator to reflect family food security. Under the background that Chinese farmers have gradually changed from the traditional diversified production mode to the specialized production of crops, the main purpose of this article is to explore what are the impact of crop specialization on farmers’ nutritional intake? Could the specialization of crop production be taken as an important measure to ensure the food safety of farmers and achieve the SDG 2? Methods Based on the micro-survey data from 866 farmer households in China, this paper using Seemingly Unrelated Regressions model, Group Regression model and Mediating Effect model to analyze the average and heterogeneous effects of crop specialization on the nutritional intake of farmers, as well as the mediating effect of income. In addition, robustness test and endogenous treatment were performed by using alternative explanatory variables and IV-2SLS method was used to estimate the results. Results After correcting for endogenous bias, crop specialization had a significant negative impact on energy intake and fat intake of farmers at the statistical level of 5% and 1% respectively, especially for farmers in mountainous areas. Household income played a mediating effect on the effect of crop specialization on farmers’ energy and fat intake, and the proportion of the masking effect was 8.43% and 8.96% respectively. In addition, household financial capital and social capital have a significant positive impact on farmers’ nutritional intake. Conclusions Crop specialization cannot guarantee the food safety of farmers in terms of nutritional intake. However, when the development trend of crop specialization is irreversible, more attention should be paid to improving the level of various livelihood capital of farmers, especially those in mountainous areas, and to continuously increasing their income to ease and ultimately eliminate the negative impact of crop specialization on farmers’ nutritional intake, which finally make everyone realize the SDG 2.

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Hunger in the midst of plenty: A survey of household food security among urban families in Lagos State, Nigeria

Cited by 12 publications

References 21 publications

Household Food Insecurity, Coping Strategies and Child Dietary Diversity (24-59 months) in Ibadan, Nigeria

Household Food Insecurity, Coping Strategies and Child Dietary Diversity (24-59 months) in Ibadan, Nigeria

Food and Water Insecurity in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups Living With HIV in Lagos, Nigeria

The impact of crop specialization on nutritional intake: Evidence from farm households in China

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