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Socio-economic and Technological Factors Affecting Food Security Among Farming Households in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria
Abstract
The study examined the socio-economic and technological factors affecting food security
among farming households in Delta and Edo States, Nigeria by determining the food security
status of the farming households, examining the farm technologies adopted by the
households, and determinants of the farming household food security status. Data from 425
respondents were analyzed using frequency mean, percentage, and Logit regression. The
result shows that a high proportion of the respondents adopted fertilizer (93.88%), improved
seeds (74.82%), and pesticides (73.18%). The level of food insecurity among farming
households was very high (97.4%). Food security was significantly correlated with
respondents’ education, household size, membership of the cooperative society, farm income,
extension services received/accessed, and technologies adopted. It was concluded that the
level of food insecurity among farming households is high. The study recommended promoting
the adoption of improved farming technologies among the farmers with the extension agency
deepening its outreach services to farming households.
