Perceived Effects of Crop Diversification on Food Security of Farmers in Kwara State Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Latifat Kehinde Olatinwo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Olayinka Jelili Yusuf | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sola Emmanuel Komolafe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mistura Omowumi Oganija | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-16T11:35:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-16T11:35:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | <jats:title>Summary</jats:title> <jats:p>This study was conducted to examine perceived effects of crop diversification on food security status of maize-based farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to obtain data from 183 maize-based farmers using an interview schedule. The data were analyzed using Herfindahl indexing, Food Consumption Score of the World Food Programme for determining household food security and Chi-square test. The results showed that the extent of crop diversification was moderate for slightly above half of the respondents (51.4%). The majority of the respondents (91.3%) had acceptable food consumption (>35), which corresponds to their food security situation. Crop diversification among the farmers indicated positive and significant influence of crop diversification on the food security status of the farmers at 1% level of significance using chi-square. More than half of the respondents perceived that crop diversification had strong effects on increased access to food preferences for an active and healthy life (56.3%), access to utilizable and digestible food (57.4%) and access to sufficient food (53.6%). The study concluded that crop diversification practices contributed to food security by increasing access to preferred sufficient, utilizable and digestible food for active and healthy life of maize-based farmers in Kwara State. Thus, extension agents should increase awareness of the importance of crop diversification for the farmers’ output in the study area.</jats:p> | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.2478/contagri-2023-0016 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2466-4774 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/1540 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Contemporary Agriculture | |
| dc.title | Perceived Effects of Crop Diversification on Food Security of Farmers in Kwara State Nigeria | |
| dc.type | journal-article | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 3 | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 72 |