DETERMINANTS OF FOOD SECURITY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN DEKINA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
This study was carried out to examine the determinants of food security status among households in Kogi State, Nigeria. Questionnaires were administered to elicit information from randomly selected 120 respondents from the three districts in Dekina LGA. The study employed both descriptive statistics and logistic regression in analysing the data. The study revealed that 62% of the respondents are food insecure, 65% of the household heads are married and 93% of the respondents are within ages 25-60. The result of the logistic regression model shows that four: age, sex, household income and household food expenditure per person out of the eleven variables included in the model were significant. Since food security increases with increase in household income, expenditure per person, government should increase the wages and salaries of her employee which will have a strong impact on the household food security since they are mostly in paid employment. We specifically recommend that the federal and state government should ensure that the N18,000.00 minimum wage is implemented at the local government level since most of the residence are employed at this level.
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