Abstract
Issues relating to food availability, accessibility/affordability, and food utilization remain paramount among different stakeholders such as policymakers and academics. Using data from 250 maize farming households in Nigeria, the study used Foster–Greer–Thorbecke and probit regression model to investigate the factors determining households food security. The food insecurity measure shows that 23.2% points of the households express the incidence of food insecurity while 5.5% points and 1.8% points were found to have depth and severity of food insecurity, respectively. After controlling for households’ socio-economic and demographic characteristics, the probit regression model suggested that, among others, value of output sold, education, credit access and participation in government safety nets program significantly influenced food security among the maize farmers in the study area. Based on our findings, effort should be intensified to enhance the productivity of land through improved production practices. There should be high-level awareness that will increase farmers’ participation in safety net programs. Thus, government at all levels (local, state, and federal) should have adequate budget allocation to this course in order to improve the livelihood outcomes of the farming households.
Highlights
Food is a vital need for all humans which must be satisfied for a healthy and productive living
1 3 security among households in rural Nigeria, this study provides an additional understanding of rural household food security status through empirical analysis of the drivers of food security among smallholder farmers who cultivate maize in Ogun state, Nigeria
Household food security line was drawn as the two-thrids of the mean per capita household food expenditure (MPCHFE) and statuses of the households were derived either as food secure or food insecure; households whose MPCHFE is above the line was categorized as food secure while those below were food insecure
Summary
Food is a vital need for all humans which must be satisfied for a healthy and productive living. Differing socio-economic statuses and uneven livelihood resource endowment of various households have implications for their strength, risk exposure and capability to prevent, mitigate or cope with risks for positive livelihood outcomes among which is improved food security (Krantz 2001; Awotide et al 2011; Bashir et al 2018a, b; Daud et al 2018; Ganiyu and Omotayo 2016; Ogunniyi et al 2020) On this basis, the study sought answers to pertinent questions such as: what is the food security status of the smallholder maize farming households? The study sought answers to pertinent questions such as: what is the food security status of the smallholder maize farming households? What are the factors that influence food security status of the households?
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