Strategies for Increasing Food Production and Food Security in Nigeria

Fasoyiro, S. B.; Taiwo, Kehinde A.

doi:10.1080/10496505.2012.715063

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“…The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which succeeded the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) envisaged that by the year 2030 there would be enough food for all (food security, SDG Goal 2). Food insecurity and hunger are forerunners to nutritional, health, human and economic and sustainable development problems of any nation [ 31 ]. How far these goes can be realized will be unfolded in the process of time just as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were not adequately attained in Nigeria the dawn of the end period of December 2015 [ 24 ].…”

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Food Security, Institutional Framework and Technology: Examining the Nexus in Nigeria Using ARDL Approach

Osabohien

Osabuohien

Urhie

2018

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Background: Growth in agricultural science and technology is deemed essential for in-creasing agricultural output; reduce the vulnerability of rural poverty and in turn, food security. Food security and growth in agricultural output depends on technological usages, which enhances the pro-ductive capacity of the agricultural sector. The indicators of food security utilised in this study in-clude: dietary energy supply, average value of food production, prevalence of food inadequacy, among others.Objective: In this paper, we examined the level of technology and how investment in the agriculture and technology can improve technical know-how in Nigeria with a view to achieving food security.Method: We carried out the analysis on how investment in technology and institutional framework can improve the level of food availability (a key component of food security) in Nigeria using econ-ometric technique based on Autoregressive Distribution Lag (ARDL) framework.Results: The results showed, inter alia, that in Nigeria, there is a high level of food insecurity as a result of low attention on food production occasioned by the pervasive influence of oil that become the major export product.Conclusion: It was noted that the availability of arable land was one of the major factors to increase food production to solve the challenge of food insecurity. Thus, the efforts of reducing the rate of food insecurity are essential in this regards. This can also be achieved, among others, by active interactions between government and farmers, to make contribution to important planning issues that relate to food production in the country and above all, social protection policies should be geared or channelled to agricultural sector to protect farmers who are vulnerable to shocks and avert risks associated with agriculture.

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Section: Some Insights From the Literature And Analytical Frameworkmentioning

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Food Security, Institutional Framework and Technology: Examining the Nexus in Nigeria Using ARDL Approach

Osabohien

Osabuohien

Urhie

2018

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“…The Nigerian rural sector represents an unique environment where rural regions cover more than 90 per cent of the geographical landscape and where 49.66 per cent of the country's population live (World Bank, 2018). Like that of many countries in West Africa, the Nigerian rural economy is heavily concentrated in agriculture (World Bank, 2014) with over 70 per cent of the population employed in agriculture (Fasoyiro and Taiwo, 2012) which contributes over 40 per cent to GDP (World Bank, 2014). The average small family farm sources labour from family members with an almost balanced proportion of labour dedicated to off-farm and onfarm activities (FAO, 2018).…”

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Determinants of Household Income and Employment Choices in the Rural Agripreneurship Economy

2020

Stud. Agr. Econ.

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The paper seeks to link the discussions on diversification and pluriactivity among farm business owners (FBOs) and examine the topic in the context of small-scale farming. It asks households if diversification and wage-seeking behaviour in the rural agripreneurship economy is prompted by "push" or "pull" factors. The quantitative method enabled the analysis of data generated from 480 rural FBOs from Nigeria (regarded as entrepreneurs or agripreneurs). The findings reveal that education, asset endowment, access to credit, and good infrastructure conditions increase the levels of household diversification. Lack of access to capital, low farm income and fluctuations in farm income were the three most influencing factors (push factors) towards diversification.

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“…However, Sub-Saharan African (SSA) has faced multiple problems, the most fundamental one being improving the lives of 30% of its population that suffers from extreme poverty and food insecurity (Balasubramanian et al 2007). Some 70% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa lives off farming and connected activities, and most studies of rural development unanimously consider that the crucial condition for achieving food security is relevant information (Kivunike et al 2011;Fawole and Olajide 2012;Fasoyiro and Taiwo 2012;Rasul and Hussain 2015). Timely provision of appropriate information and knowledge are key determinants in ensuring food security and ICTs have the potential to make available the most up-to-date information necessary for improving food security .…”

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Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Enhancing Food Utilization among Smallholder Farmers’ Households in Northern Nigeria

2020

IKM

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are attracting global attention because of their unprecedented potential to bring about astounding improvement. The numerous advantages presented by ICTs can be employed towards the enhancement of rural households' capabilities in attaining sufficient, safe and nutritious food. This paper seeks to establish the potency of ICTs in enhancing the food utilization among smallholder households in Northern Nigeria. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire administered to 120 smallholders. The results show that smallholders consider that food utilization was inadequate (80.9%); however, they acknowledged that ICTs could play a significant role in enhancing food utilization. The findings further reveal that the following were ranked first to fifth by household heads: disseminating appropriate information about food crops (98.6%), improving purchasing power and market price (94.1%), enhancing decision-making regarding food (89.5%), improving food distribution practices (81.1%) and improving cultural and individual food choice (77.6).

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Strategies for Increasing Food Production and Food Security in Nigeria

Cited by 27 publications

References 7 publications

Food Security, Institutional Framework and Technology: Examining the Nexus in Nigeria Using ARDL Approach

Food Security, Institutional Framework and Technology: Examining the Nexus in Nigeria Using ARDL Approach

Determinants of Household Income and Employment Choices in the Rural Agripreneurship Economy

Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Enhancing Food Utilization among Smallholder Farmers’ Households in Northern Nigeria

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