scholarly journals Predictors of Food Security among Vegetable Farmers in South Ketu and North Ketu, Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-26
Author(s):  
Samuel A. Manu ◽  
Samuel Akuamoah-Boateng ◽  
Selorm Akaba
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Extension Agent ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
Land Size ◽  
Farming Households

This study set out to find the predictors of food security for vegetable producing households in the Ketu Districts of the Volta Region of Ghana. In the study area, 226 heads of vegetable farming households were purposively interviewed. The data was subsequently analysed with both food security scale score and logistic regression analysis to determine each household's food security category. The study found eight variables as the major predictors of food security; they are: age,number of children, land ownership, access to change agent, access to financial services, number of vegetables produced, amount of credit received and vegetable produce markets. It is important that change agents focus on these factors among families to improve the availability of nutritious and adequate food in households. The other implication is that the improvement of elements such as amount of credit received and the location of vegetable markets can increase food security levels in the study site and extrapolation in other vegetable producing farm areas in the country. Keywords: Food security; predictors; credit; extension agent; land size .

scholarly journals Access to Finance, Indigenous Technology and Food Security in Nigeria: Case Study of Ondo Central Senatorial District

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-87
Author(s):  
Akinwumi Sharimakin ◽  
James Temitope Dada
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Food Storage ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Logit Estimation ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Formal Finance ◽  
The Impact

AbstractResearch purpose: Food security remains a major component of economic development. Many developing nations are facing challenges of food insecurity, which had contributed to starvation and other societal problems. With adequate food intake, human healthy living is assured. This study investigates the impact of access to formal finance and indigenous technology and knowledge on food security in Ondo central senatorial district in Ondo state, Nigeria.Methodology: In total, 216 farmers were sampled, and data were collected through a well-structured questionnaire and focus interviews. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics and logit estimation technique.Findings: Descriptive statistics show that there are more male farmers (61.1%) than female counterparts (38.9%), with most of the farmers (42.7%) in their ages 56 years and above and with 51.9% having primary education. Majority of the farmers (65.7%) engage in arable crop farming, while 15.2 and 19.1% engage in cash crop and livestock farming, respectively. The econometric model reveals that age, income, gender, education, marital status, religion, family size, assets owned and distance are major determinants of a farmer’s decision on account ownership, savings and borrowing. Indigenous knowledge of soil fertility, disease-resistant and quickly-growing crops, food storage, local weather, water management, pest and diseases control are significant determinants of food security in Ondo central senatorial district. Likewise, account ownership, savings and borrowing from formal financial institutions are significant determinants of food security.Practical implications: It is, therefore, important that efforts to ease access to formal financial services and improve indigenous technology to serve as complement to modern farming techniques to achieve food security be made a priority by government and private institutions.

scholarly journals Farming Practices and Knowledge in Vegetable-Growing Farms: An Economic Survey in Three Years Farming

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 259-267
Author(s):  
EDWIN M. PUHAGAN
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Slight Variation ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Civil Status ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
Economic Survey

This study conducted based on the issues of local agriculture economic capabilities of the small farmers distributed among municipalities of Tawi-Tawi with its aim of providing feedback with regard to socioeconomic of local vegetable farmers during farm operation periods in 2016 up to 2019. It collected several indicators of socioeconomic that are deem products of vegetable farming framework and focused on the following specific problems: What is the socioeconomic profile among local vegetable farmers in terms of the following indicators such as, age, civil status, family members, household, type of house, ownership, farm size, food security, gender participation in farming and annual net income? Is there variation of socioeconomic status among vegetable farmers in three years farming? What are vegetable farming practices and knowledge learned from the services offered by the agricultural institutions adapted in three years vegetable-growing farms? What is the level expenditure by farmers in three years vegetable farming? Is there significant influence of vegetable farming practice as profession on the socioeconomic of the local famers? Only graduates of agriculture who farmers themselves were invited as respondents. The design used was descriptive. Its respondents comprised individuals who learned knowledge of farming offered by the Tawi-Tawi Regional Agricultural College in three academic years 2016-2019. The data interpreted using percentages and frequencies; mean and standard deviation through Likert scaling of the responses. For more concrete, it used all tools packaged in the SPSS software. This study is phenomenal in nature across the impact of farming on the socioeconomic of the vegetable farmers and its interpretation explicitly coupled with the literatures relevant to the issue on Tawi-Tawian VegetableGrowing Farms: An economic survey in three years farming. Respondents were in 35-40 age bracket, married, having 8-10 members in family living in one roof with 2-extended families attached, living in wooden nipa house with personally own garden lot and with food sustained by their respective harvest, almost all male participates in farming and gaining an annual net income of 130k to 160k. The Tawi-Tawian vegetable-growing farms had exclusively outdoor vegetable farming operation in the same system with slight variation in three years. Variables such as gender participation in farming, age, civil status, household size, food security and environment, income, family members and farm size are determinants to the socioeconomic of local farmers and the relationship among identified variables leads to conclusions about the influence of farming in reducing poverty hence, farming improves socioeconomic of those who engaged on it as a vocation. The strength of vegetable production pertaining to the area planted with vegetables affecting the socioeconomic depends upon the knowledge learned and practices adapted by farmers in farming. The increasing percentage of expenditure on vegetables farming related works over time per farm implies slight variation of total area planted to vegetables on individual farms from year to year. The farmers’ expenditures across all years, on average, the ratio of expenditures over the area planted each year varied by only very less percentage and very slight variation ranged in the value of peso and the percentage of expenditure. Further, the was a significant influence of vegetable farming practices as profession on the socioeconomic among vegetable farmers in Tawi-Tawi province.

scholarly journals FOOD SECURITY STATUS: ITS DRIVERS AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG VEGETABLE FARMING HOUSEHOLDS

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 414-425
Author(s):  
Ridwan MUKAILA ◽  
Abraham FALOLA ◽  
Olubunmi Abayomi OMOTESHO
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Calorie Intake ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Farming Households

Food insecurity remains a major challenge worldwide, especially among the rural areas of developing nation. Women and children are most vulnerable to this phenomenon. However, while many studies have assessed farming households’ food security status in general, there is dearth of information on vegetable farmers’, who are mostly women, food security status in particular. This study, therefore, investigated the food security status of vegetable farming households, its drivers and coping strategies in Kwara State, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics, food insecurity index and logistic regression were used to analysed data collected from 180 respondents. The findings showed that food insecurity remains a major challenge in rural areas as only 45.55% were food secure. The food secure group surpassed the food security line by 17%. Food insecure group fell below the food security line by 36% with a daily average calorie intake of 1581.35 kcal. Annual income (p< 0.1), cooperative membership (p< 0.1), vegetable production (p< 0.05) and access to credit (p< 0.05) were the significant factors enhancing their food security status, while household size (p< 0.01) negatively influenced it. The widely used food insecurity coping mechanisms by the households were eating less expensive food, eating wild fruits, reducing rational consumption, allowing children to eat first, borrowing money to buy food, buying food on credit and skipping meal within a day. The study recommends encouragement of vegetable production through provision of credit facilities to the farmers as this would enhance their food security status.

scholarly journals Technical efficiency among agricultural households and determinants of food security in East Java, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachman Hakim ◽  
Tri Haryanto ◽  
Dyah Wulan Sari
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Logit Regression ◽  
Agricultural Households ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Land Size ◽  
Average Consumption

AbstractRice is a staple food in East Java, and the average consumption is 100 kg/capita/year. However, rice productivity has declined dramatically in recent years. Food security can be reached by improving the technical efficiency of rice farming, especially in rice farming centers such as East Java Province. This study aims to measure technical efficiency and its determinants using two limit tobit. And it also aims to examine the effect of the technical efficiency of rice farming on food security using logit regression. Technical efficiency will be measured by using data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results show that the technical efficiency of rice farming is very low in East Java. Government assistance, irrigation, and extension have a significant effect on technical efficiency. Meanwhile, membership of farmer organization has no effect on technical efficiency. Around 69% of farmers can be categorized as food secure households. The estimation of logit regression shows that household size, income, land size, education, age, and gender significantly influence food security in East Java. Meanwhile, credit and technical efficiency did not have any significant effect.

scholarly journals Assessment of hired labour use and food security among rural farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kemi Omotesho ◽  
Azeez Muhammad-Lawal ◽  
Damilare Ismaila
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Extension Education ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Agricultural Credit ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Older Farmers ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Farming Households

This study examined the relationship between hired labour use and food security among rural farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria. It determined the food security status of rural farming households and investigated the determinants of hired labour use. A four-stage random sampling technique was used to select 135 rural farming households from which data were collected with the use of a well-structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and the Tobit regression model were the analytical tools used for the study. The study revealed that only about half of the households (51.1%) were food secure and that there is a positive correlation between the hired labour use and their food security status. Dependency ratio, age and educational qualification of the household head, total household size, and household income significantly influenced hired labour use (p<0.01). The study recommends the need for agricultural credit schemes in Nigeria to accord higher priority to older farmers and poor rural households. In addition, extension education which emphasizes agriculture as a business rather than a mere way of life should be promoted among farmers.

scholarly journals Food Security and Income through Sweet Potato Production in Teso, Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
William Faustine Epeju ◽  
Peter Milton Rukundo
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sweet Potato ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Potato Production ◽  
Grain Legumes ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Sweet Potatoes ◽  
Sustainable Food ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Adequate Food

Two relevant studies on food security are referred to in the article. Food insecurity from time to time threatens in Teso sub region which houses a viable Teso agricultural system. One study was done during 2001-2003 in Teso on sweet potato production with 650 persons participating and the second one was done in one disaster affected area of Bududa District nearby during 2012-2016 when 1,142 persons participated. Kiryandongo District where Bududa landslide survivors were resettled in Uganda was included in that study. Participatory methods such as focus group discussions, farm observations, in-depth interviews, and questionnaires were used. Both studies used qualitative and quantitative methods for data analysis. The sweet potato stands second after cassava as the crop for famine and disaster periods in Teso to meet the human right to adequate food to complement the well dried cereals & grain legumes that stored longer. Livestock especially was also one of the prime determinants of food security and income in Teso. Free from cyanides with a good content of affordable Vitamin A from orange fleshed varieties, sweet potatoes in Teso contributed about 61% to the yearly food per capita of the population thus a recommendable crop for sustainable food security and some income in Teso and beyond. 

scholarly journals The Walfare of Local Farmers, Rice Price Policy, and Distribution Process in Improving Food

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuzul Rahayu Nita
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Price Policy ◽  
Adequate Food ◽  
Rice Price ◽  
Distribution Process ◽  
Food Economy ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Economy System ◽  
Local Farmers

Food security is an integrated food economy system consisting of various subsystems (Suryana, 2003). Food security contains at least two basic elements, namely the availability of adequate food and the accessibility of the community to adequate food, where both elements are absolutely fulfilled in order to achieve the health and welfare of society. This paper presents a review of grain price policy and distribution access in analyzing the welfare of local farmers and their impact on food security in Tanggulangin, Indonesia. This research uses descriptive method approach. Using interview with source from food security departement. The results of the analysis indicate that the food welfare factors do not have a significant effect on food security in the surplus food sub-district. While access factor and also policy of food price policy give significant influence to food security and welfare of farmers in subdistrict with surplus of food in 2014. The result of this study are important to see the developtment food security in surplus food security areas.

scholarly journals Impact of vegetable farming on farmers livelihood patterns in Dhankuta, Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 131-150
Author(s):  
Basanta Paudel ◽  
Kishor Bhandari
Keyword(s):  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Rural Municipality ◽  
Green Leafy Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
The Impact

This paper deals with the livelihood pattern and the socio-economic condition of vegetable farmers of Chhathar Jorpati rural municipality, which lies in the eastern part of Dhankuta district of Nepal. The study applied household questionnaire survey, focus group discussion and field observation to collect information of vegetable farming and the impact of vegetable farming on farmers’ livelihood. The study conducted 45 households questionnaire survey in total using simple random sampling in ward number six of Chhathar Jorpati rural municipality. The statistical analysis of collected field survey data was preformed through correlation test and standard deviation. The result shows that the socio-economic condition and the livelihood of the vegetable farmers is improving in recent years. Before doing commercial vegetable farming, farmers cultivated potatoes and used to exchange their production with cereal crops to the neighboring villages. Farmers used to cultivate maize in their farmland, but due to the climatic and the topographic condition it took almost nine months (from January to October) for production. Among the total households, 24.4 percent farmers have seven members in their family and the average family size is 6.3. The Chhetri is the dominant ethnic group of the study area. Among educated groups, the majorities have completed secondary level of education. Most of the farmers are (35.5%) holding land size between 16 and 20 Ropani (0.82-0.10ha.). The majorities of the farmers cultivated high valued vegetables i. e., cauliflower, cabbage, tomato, pea, radish, carrot and green leafy vegetables. The average income from vegetable farming is NRs. 250000/household per year. Primarily, farmers use their income to manage foods, clothes, children education and daily-required goods. Further, due to the lack of sufficient human resources, improved seeds and fertilizer, the majorities of the farmers are facing challenges in their vegetable farming. In addition to this, the vegetable farmers are utilizing their capabilities and are devoted to enhance their livelihood through vegetable farming.

Industrial pollution and vegetable farming in sharada industrial layout of Kano municipal area council

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
Ikenna Uzonu
Keyword(s):  
Surface Water ◽  
Environmental Protection Agency ◽  
Industrial Effluents ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Secondary Treatment ◽  
Protection Agency ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Groundwater Samples ◽  
Dug Wells ◽  
Vegetable Farming

This work examined the effects of industrial effluents on surface water used for vegetable irrigation in Kano City of Kano State. As the population of Kano increases, more demand is placed on these industries for products thus leading to the generation of large volumes of effluents that are discharged directly into nearby streams without treatment. The usage of this surface water for vegetable irrigation by a significant number of vegetable farmers is a matter of major concern due to the presence of pollutants. Some of the field measurements were carried out insitu while others were taken to the laboratory for analysis. Groundwater samples were taken from a borehole and two hand-dug wells while surface water was taken from point of discharge and two other points along the Challawa River which is the main source of water for vegetable irrigation. Composite soil samples were taken from four points within the vegetable farms. The Federal Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Ministry of Environment standards were used as baseline standards for limits. Results show that presence of Fe, Pb, Mn, Cr and Cd were found to be above the FMEnv limits in the soil, the presence of SO4, Cu and K were also found to be above the FMEnv limits as well in groundwater while BOD, NO2 and Cr were above the FEPA limit for surface water. Some of the recommendations include constant monitoring for the presence of heavy metals in soils and irrigation water and that the need for the construction of both primary and secondary treatment plants has become essential.

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