Article Sidebar
Article Details
NAJ supports free online communication and exchange of knowledge as the most effective way of ensuring that the fruits of research and development practice are made widely available. It is therefore committed to open access, which, for authors, enables the widest possible dissemination of their findings and, for readers, increases their ability to discover pertinent information. The Journal adopts and uses the CC: BY license and is open access. This license lets others distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the Journal’s published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. Copyright for articles published in this Journal is retained by the Journal.
Main Article Content
Assessment of food security status of farming households in Abia State, Nigeria
Abstract
The insurgency in northern Nigeria and the Niger-delta unrest has posed a serious threat to food security in the country. The study was conducted to determine the status of food security in the study area, to identify the major determinants of food security among the rural household and challenges faced by households in their bid to stay food secure. 60 farming households were randomly selected in the three agricultural zones of Abia State; food security index and probit analysis model were the major tools used in the study. The survey result shows that about 36.7% of sampled farmers were food secure. Farm Size, marital status, gender, household size, and farm income were significant variables having varying degrees of influence on household food security. The study recommends that government should provide storage facilities which will reduce waste of excess produce as a result of lack of storage facilities.
Keywords: Food security, probit and farming households
