Vulnerability Analysis of Rural Households to Food Insecurity in Ondo State, Nigeria

Sina Basil Johnson and Awoseyila Folorunso
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Sina Basil Johnson: Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria
Awoseyila Folorunso: Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2020, vol. 7, issue 2, 142-148

Abstract: This study examines the vulnerability of rural households to food insecurity in Ondo State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected from two hundred and forty (240) rural household heads through a multi-stage random sampling procedure using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression model were employed to analyse the field survey data. Results from the study showed that the mean age was 52 years, indicating that the respondents were still fairly young. Majority (77.5%) of the respondents were male households with 62.5% married. More than half (51.0%) of the household heads were uneducated and 62.5% of the respondents had less than 2 acres, while 58.8% were food insecure. The estimated logit regression results revealed that marital status, household size, dependency ratio and proneness to sickness increase the probability of rural households falling into food insecurity while education, cooperative membership, farm size decrease same at 1% and 5% level of significance, respectively. Result from the study also showed that majority of the respondents eats less preferred food as one of the coping strategies employed to cushion the effects of economic shock in the study area. Based on the findings, the study concludes and recommends that policies that are meant to increase educational level, cooperative membership and farm size in order to reduce food insecurity should be put in place.

Date: 2020
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