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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Determinants and Measurements of Food Insecurity in Nigeria: Some Empirical Policy Guide
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| Autores: |
Amaza, P.S.
Umeh, Joseph Chinedu
Helsen, J.
Adejobi, A.O.
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| Data: |
2006-06-07
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Determinants
Food Security
Policy Guide
Food Security and Poverty
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| Resumo: |
This study aims at identifying and analyzing food security measures in Borno State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was applied on 1,200 households. Cost-of-Calories (COC) method and Logit model are used as analytical techniques for the study. Based on the recommended daily energy levels of 2,250 kcal, food insecurity line (s) for the households is N23, 700.12 or US $176.87 per adult equivalent per year. Over 58% of the sample households are therefore food insecure. Major determinants of this food insecurity factors are, household size, gender, educational level, farm size and type of household farm enterprise. Policy measures directed towards the provision of better family planning should be given adequate attention and priority by the Government in addition to improved access to education, credit facility and agricultural extension services by rural households. The poster plan begins with the introduction in section 1, followed by study objectives in section 2. The description of the study area and sampling procedure are presented in section 3, followed the analytical technique section 4. The results are presented and discussed in section 5 and policy recommendations in section 6.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22157
http://purl.umn.edu/25357
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Poster Paper
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| Formato: |
15
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