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Analysis Of Labor Use And Food Security Among Rural Maize Farmers
[A CASE STUDY OF ODEDE LGA, OGUN STATE.] -
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The study examined the Analysis of labor use and food security among rural maize farmers in odede lga, ogun state.
More specifically, the study sought to assess the labor use and food security among farmers.
The study consist of all farmers in Odeda Local government area, Ogun state, a two -Stage sampling procedure was employed in the selection of the respondents’ maize crop farmers within the study area, twenty-five maize farmers was randomly selected from each of the villages which one hundred and twenty (120) maize crop farmers gave complete information that was used for the final analysis.
A well- developed questionnaire was designed to elicit information from the respondents, the data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics, food security index and the probit regression model.
Result from the study indicated that maize farmers in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State make use of hired and family labour in varied proportion. Also the usage of more family labour tend to increase rural maize farming households’ ability to be more food secure while usage of more hired labour tend to decrease rural maize farming households’ ability to be food secure .
Base on this, the study advised that credit facilities should be made available and accessible to the farming households, Government and Non-Governmental Organizations should encourage youths to go into farming so as to reduce pressure on white-collar jobs, and finally awareness creation on family planning should be made because it will go a long way in reducing rural farming household size since there is tendency of being food insecure with large household size.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]World Food Program (WFP) (2013) reported that about 842
million people (one in every eight) across the world suffer chronic
hunger. Almost all the hungry people live in the rural areas of
developing countries, and belong to mostly farming families and
represent about 15% of the population of such countries (Hunger Notes,
2013). Fakiyesi (2001) reported that 66% of Nigerians live below poverty
line when judged by level of food security. Also, over 40% of the
Nigerian population was ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]World Food Program (WFP) (2013) reported that about 842
million people (one in every eight) across the world suffer chronic
hunger. Almost all the hungry people live in the rural areas of
developing countries, and belong to mostly farming families and
represent about 15% of the population of such countries (Hunger Notes,
2013). Fakiyesi (2001) reported that 66% of Nigerians live below poverty
line when judged by level of food security. Also, over 40% of the
Nigerian population was ... Continue reading---
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