Perceived effects of insecure land rights on rural women΄s roles in household food security in Okigwe agricultural zone of Imo State, Nigeria

Empowering women in agriculture is considered a prerequisite to achieving global food security. However, there exists a research gap due to limited empirical studies to ascertain this, especially in nations like Nigeria where high level of food insecurity and gender inequality is perceived. Therefore, this study examines the effect women’s empowerment in agriculture has on household food security. The study was carried out in Oyo State, Nigeria and a sample size of 100 rural women was drawn using the multi-stage sampling technique. Data was collected using a semi-structured questionnaire through an interview schedule. Data analysed was done using descriptive statistics, abbreviated women’s empowerment index, food security index and logistic regression model. Findings from this study revealed that more than half (58%) of the women were disempowered and about 59% of the households were food insecure. By disintegrating women’s empowerment into its various domains, this study identified that the major contributors to disempowerment are time(workload), production and resource domain. The logistic regression result shows that women’s empowerment in agriculture positively influences household food security. The study recommends that women must be adequately empowered in order mitigate food insecurity. Finally, the study suggests further research should be carried out to determine the gender parity in agriculture to understand the women’s empowerment in comparison with men’s empowerment in individual households.

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Environmentally Sustainable Farm Management Strategies Adopted by Compound Farmers in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo State Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Extension ◽

10.4314/jae.v22i1.11s ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 97-107

Author(s):

C.C. Ifeanyi-obi ◽

A.O. Angba ◽

O.O. Ajah ◽

P. Nnawuihe

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Local Government ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Farm Management ◽

Local Government Area ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Environmentally Sustainable ◽

Imo State ◽

Household Food

This study identified environmentally sustainable farm management strategies adopted by compound farmers in Mbaitoli Local Government Area Imo State. Specifically, it described the socio-economic characteristics of the compound farmers in the study area, identified the environmentally sustainable strategy adopted by compound farmers, identified compound farming ventures that are mostly adopted, assessed the contributions of compound farming to household food security in the study area and examined factors affecting compound farming in the study area. Of the nine communities in the study area, five were randomly selected for the study. Snowball sampling technique was used in selecting 100 households for the study. Data collection was done using questionnaire and interview schedule and analysed using descriptive statistics. Results shows that organic pesticides (70%), mixed farming (71%), cover-cropping (84%), crop rotation (79%) and mulching (74%) are the major environmentally sustainable farm management practices adopted by compound farmers in the study area. The major compound farming ventures adopted by households were crop production (88%) and poultry (50%). Income generation (Mean = 3.43), reduction of family expenditure on food (Mean = 3.45) and assured availability of food varieties in the family (Mean = 3.35) were the major contributions of compound farming to household food security. The major factors affecting compound farming in the study area were diseases and pests’ infestation on compound farm (Mean = 3.40), labour intensive nature of compound farming (mean = 3.40) and lack of irrigation facilities (mean = 3.38). It was recommended that extension agents should play leading role in conveying innovations and inventions that could enhance compound farming activities of farmers as regards pesticides and insecticides as well as irrigation facilitiesKeywords: Environmentally, sustainable, farm management

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Determinants of Food Security among Rural Women in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension Economics & Sociology ◽

10.9734/ajaees/2020/v38i1030433 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 70-82

Author(s):

O. E. Olagunju ◽

O. C. Ariyo ◽

U. U. Emeghara ◽

O. S. Olagunju

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Rural Women ◽

Sampling Procedure ◽

Household Size ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Chi Square ◽

Household Food ◽

Multi Stage ◽

Home Gardening ◽

Collection Data

Adequate nutrition is a crucial component of a healthy society. One of the major problems of human health is malnutrition and it is in every society. Rural households engage in food production, yet, they are mostly food insecure.This study accessed the determinants of food security among rural women in Kaduna state. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to draw the sample. Four rural Local Government Areas (LGAs) were randomly selected, while three villages were randomly sampled from each LGA resulting in 12 villages. Ten percent of the rural women in each of the sampled villages were randomly selected to give a total of 240 respondents. Interview schedule was used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics such as Chi–square, Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Regression. Mean age was 29.7±8.08 years. Most (60.4%) of the respondents were Christians. Thirty-four percent of the respondents hadsecondary education while some (40.0%) of the respondents were involved in trading. Dry season was considered as season of abundance by majority (70.8%) of the respondents. PPMC indicates that age (r=0.119; p=0.009) and household size, (r = 0.221; P = 0.001) were significantly related with household food security, while position as wife (β= 0.194), household size (β= -0.173) and monthly income (β= -0.095) were major determinants of household food security. Rural women have reasonable access to food. The study recommends that rural women should practice home gardening and domesticate animals to enhance food secured rural family.

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Women Empowerment and Its Impact on Livelihood and Food Security of Households: A Review

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ◽

10.9734/cjast/2020/v39i4031108 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 19-28

Author(s):

Jagruti Das ◽

Ajmer Singh

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Rural Women ◽

Well Being ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Women Empowerment ◽

Animal Products ◽

Household Food ◽

Primary Caretakers ◽

Increasing Demand ◽

Livestock Rearing

Rural women in India and several countries of South-East Asia play crucial and significant role in livestock rearing, agriculture and other allied activities, but their contribution has not been incentivized given the due place they deserve. They always remain invisible workers. Increasing demand for milk and animal products in recent years intensifies livestock rearing as profitable enterprise for women. Many development programmes that aim at alleviating poverty and improving investments in human capital consider women’s empowerment a crucial pathway to achieve impact and often target women as their main beneficiaries. Women across the world have often been seen as the primary caretakers in a household. Hence, the intra-household dynamics that determine allocation of resources and their impact on well-being are in a subject of analysis. It has been seen that households do not necessarily act in an unitary manner. While allocating resources, women and men have their preferences for allocating food and nonfood resources and may therefore be involved in distribution of these resources differently, based on their bargaining power within the household. This article reviews the linkage of women empowerment and household food security and ways to measure it for effectively targeting the policies for strengthening the household food security.

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Rural women and food security in Mymensingh district

Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University ◽

10.3329/jbau.v12i1.21399 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 105-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

MS Kabir ◽

M Oliujjaman ◽

MA Rahman ◽

R Akther

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Rural Women ◽

Crop Production ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Nutritional Knowledge ◽

Great Contribution ◽

Average Income ◽

Access To Credit ◽

Household Food ◽

Yearly Average

The study was undertaken to determine the key factors relevant to rural women enhancing food security which have great contribution to their family and community. A sample size of 80 women was drawn from Char Ishawrdia village of Mymensingh Sadar upazila. The findings showed that most of the respondents were economically active but not well educated. It was found that the yearly average income and expenditure of the households were Tk.66656.25 and Tk.67238.75 respectively. It was also found that yearly average income of the respondents was only Tk.7600.00. Rural women of the study area were involved in harvesting crops, crop production, livestock rearing, homestead forestry and gardening, post-harvest operation, cooking, cleaning house, washing clothes and caring children. It was found that women headed households food security is affected by some socioeconomic factors. In functional analysis, the Log Linear model was fitted best. Result shows that the household food security was significantly influenced by education of respondent, family size, household income, access to credit, and social participation. Women were found highly empowered in the study area and empowered women had great contribution to ensure the household food security. With the process of empowering women, women have a chance to increase their income, to participate in decision making process, to build up their health and nutritional knowledge, control over capital and participate in social and political activities through which they can easily ensure food security. Findings of the study suggest that government should provide different types of facilities to rural women which will help them to ensure households food security. Government should also take attempts to change the social attitudes towards the rural women. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v12i1.21399 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 12(1): 105-110, June 2014

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The role of educational channels in the motivating of rural women to improve household food security

One Health ◽

10.1016/j.onehlt.2020.100150 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 100150

Author(s):

Moslem Savari ◽

Hamed Sheykhi ◽

Mohammad Shokati Amghani

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Rural Women ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Household Food

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