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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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1.5 JUSTIFICATION OF STUDY
Today,
maize ranks highly as a major staple food particularly for the low
income earners and resource poor farm households in developing economies
of sub-Saharan Africa (FAO, 2009). Maize serves over 200 million
Africans; its comparative production advantage over other staples serves
to encourage its cultivation even by resource that there obsolete
(Bamidele et al., 2008; FAO, 2000). However, it is an important source
of carbohydrate, protein, iron, vitamin B, and minerals. Furthermore,
Green maize (fresh on the cob) is eaten parched, baked, roasted or
boiled; playing an important role in filling the hunger gap after the
dry season and serving as a staple diet for 200 million people
(Directorate Agricultural Information Services in cooperation with
ARC-Grain Crop Institute, 2003), while in developed countries, maize is
consumed as second-cycle produce in the form of meat, eggs and dairy
products. The importance of maize cannot be overemphasized, with Nigeria
producing 43% of maize grown in West Africa. Maize is the most
important staple food in Nigeria. It accounts for about 43% of calorie
intake (Nweke et al., 1983; NARP, 1994). Maize has consumption quantity
of 53.20 g/capital/day (FAOSTAT, 2007). Furthermore, the average annual
per capita maize output for 2005-2014 is 105kg (NBS, 2015), while the
per capita maize consumption is 175kg (FAO STAT, 2015). As a result,
maize has received substantial research and extension attention. This
generally also calls for the need to intensify effort on adoption of
improved agricultural technologies for improved productivity and ensure
food security. Even though several adoption studies explored technology
adoption decision in developing countries like Nigeria (Feder et al.,
1985; Rauniya and Goode, 1992; Ouma et al., 2006; Ojaiko et al., 2007;
Idrisa, 2009), the studies fall short of addressing the effect of
adoption of improved seed technology on food security status of farming
households.
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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---
