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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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Achieving food security is still a challenge due to
the global approach being employed instead of formulating and applying
solutions based on specific locations with an understanding of the
social system and livelihood system (FAO, 2003). Hence the study intends
to assess labor use and food security among rural farming household in
Oyo state, Nigeria.
In essence, the study attempts to provide answers to the following questions:
· What are the socioeconomic characteristics of maize farmers in the study area?
· What are different labor sources available to respondent in the study area?
· How do maize farmers use the available labor?
· What is the food security status of the respondent?
· What are the determinants of household food security of the respondent?
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The general objective of this study is to assess labor use and food security in the study area.
The specific objectives are to:
· discuss the socioeconomic characteristics of the maize farmers in the study area,
· identify the different labor sources available to respondents in the study area,
· examine labor allocation among the maize farmers,
· know the food security status of the respondent,
· determine the factors influencing household`s food security of the farmers.
1.4 ANALYSIS OF OBJECTIVES
The
table 1.1 below presents the analysis of each of the objectives in
terms of data requirement, sources of data, method of data collection
and method of data analysis.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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 hu ... Continue reading---
