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Household Food Insecurity and its Predictors: Evidence from Gombe Metropolis, Nigeria

Year 2023, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 149 - 156, 23.06.2023

Aisha Adamu Hassan Musa Abdu , Adamu Jibir

https://doi.org/10.52791/aksarayiibd.1056033

Abstract

Achieving food security, especially at household level, is very fundamental for every country in the world especially African countries. It is to this end that this study set out to identify the factors determining food insecurity among households in Gombe metropolis, Gombe State of Nigeria. The household data used in this study were collected through administration of questionnaire. We used descriptive statistics and logistic regression technique to analyse the data. Although a total of 400 copies of questionnaire were administered to the respondents but 381 questionnaires were filled and returned. The descriptive analysis showed about 40 percentage of the respondents was food insecure. The logit regression results suggest that household size and income were the significant predictors of household insecurity in the area. As expected, household size positively determines the probability for household to be food insecure whereas income negatively affects the probability. Therefore, the study recommends among others include; government should create more job opportunities that will enhance the income level of people in order to reduce the magnitude of food insecurity. Secondly, government should, if possible, introduce and advocates for the importance of the family planning in order to curtail the population size.

Keywords

Food Insecurity Household Income

References

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  • Agidew, A. A., & Singh, K. N. (2017). Determinants of food Insecurity in the Rural Farm households in South Wollo Zone of Ethiopia: the case of Teleyayen Sub-watershed. Agriculture and Food Economics, 6(1), 1-23.
  • Aidoo, R., Mensah, J., O. & Tuffour T. (2013). Determinants of households’ food security in the Sekyere-Afram Plains District of Ghana. First Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference 24-26 April, Azores Portugal.
  • Babatunde, R. O., Adejobi, A.O., Fakayode, E. & Ndulue, K. (2021). Food insecurity among urban households in Nigeria: Recent Evidence from Jos Metropolis, Plateau State. African Journal of General Agriculture, 5(4), 12-20.
  • Baum, C.F. (2006). An Introduction to Modern Econometrics. Using Stata Taxas; Stata Press.
  • Bogale, A. & Shimelis, A. (2009). Household level determinants of food insecurity in rural areas of Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia. African journal of Food Agriculture, Nutrition and Developemnt, 9(9),108-120.
  • Bulawayo, M., Ndulu, M. & Sichone, J. (2019). Socio-economic Determinants of Food insecurity among Zambian Households: Evidence from National Household Survey. Journal of Asian and African studies, 54(6), 800-818.
  • Butcher, L. M. (2021). An investigation of the associated factors and measurement of food insecurity in Australia. Quartely Journal of International Agriculture, 2(1). 299-318.
  • Cadre Harmonisé National Analysis, Abuja, Nigeria, March 2020. Map: © CILSS.
  • Cordero-Ahiman, O. V., Vanegas, J. L., Beltrán-Romero, P. & Quinde-Lituma, M. E. (2020). Determinants of food insecurity in rural households: the case of the Paute River Basin of Azuay Province, Ecuador. Journal of Sustainability, 12(3), 461-471.
  • Dastigiri, S., Mahboob, S., Tutunchi, H. & Ostadrahimi, A. (2006). Determinants of food insecurity; A cross sectional study in Tabirz. Journal of Arabic University of Medical Sciences. 6(3), 233-239.
  • Diallo, A. & Toah, M. (2019). Determinants of food insecurity among maize farming households in the Southern Region of Mali. Journal of Food security, 7(5), 46-55.
  • Diallo, S. A., Savadogo, K., Tiemtore, A., Diarra, S., Kouyate, D. & Sangare, B. M. (2021). Determinants of Food Insecurity in Rural Areas in Mali. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology,3(5), 158-172.
  • Drèze, J. & Sen, A. (1989). Hunger and Public Action. Oxford university Press, Oxford.
  • Dunga, H. M. (2020). An empirical analysis on determinants of food security among female-headed households in South Africa. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies, 12(1), 66-81.
  • Eshetu, F. & Guye, A. (2021). Determinants of Households Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 9(1), 35-61.
  • FAO (1996). Rome declaration on world food security and world food summit plan of action. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization.
  • FAO (2002). The State of food insecurity in the world. Rome.
  • FAO (2019). Statistical database, Statistical division. Rome.
  • Gebre, G. G. (2012). Determinants of food insecurity in Addis Ababa city Ethiopia. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex, 10(2), 159-173.
  • Gujarati, D.N. (2003). Qualitative response regression models. In Basic Econometrics, 4th ed.; McGraw-Hill/Irwin: New York, NY, USA.
  • Maxwell, D. (1996). Measuring food insecurity: The frequency and starvation of “coping strategies”. Food Policy, 21(3), 291-303.
  • NBS (National Bureau of Statistics) (2018). Demographic statistics bulletin 2017. Retrieved from https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/775
  • NPC (National Population Commission) (2006). “Nigerian Population State by State Analysis” Abuja: NPC.
  • Olabiyi, O. M. & Mclntyre, L. (2014). Determinants of food insecurity in higher-income households in Canada. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 2(4), 121-127.
  • Olufemi, A. M., & Bamidele, O. A. (2021). Food insecurity and its determinants among farming households in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State. South Asian Research Journal of Agriculture and Fisheries, 3(2), 231-37.
  • Osmani, S., (1995). The entitlement approach to famine: an assessment. In: Basu, K., Pattanaik, P., Suzumura, K. (Eds.), Choice, Welfare and Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Phami, P., He, J., Liu, D., Ding, S., Silva, P., Li, c., & Qin, Z. (2020). Exploring the determinants of Food Insecurity in Areas of the Nam Theun2 Hydropower Project in Khammuan, Laos. Journal of Sustainability, 12(7), 520-531 Doi: 10.3390/su12020520
  • Sen, A. K., (1981). Ingredients of famine analysis: availability and entitlements. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 6(3), 433–464.
  • Shahzad, M. A., Qing, P., Rizwan, M., Razzaq, A. & Faisal, M. (2021). COVID-19 Pandemic, Determinants of food insecurity and household mitigation measures: A Case Study of Punjab, Pakistan in Healthcare, 9(6), 621-626.
  • Sisayi, E. & Edriss, A. K., (2012). Determinants of Food Insecurity in Addis Ababa City Ethiopia. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 5(5), 68-77.
  • Stewart, F.(1985). Basic Needs in Developing Countries: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, M.D.
  • Streeten, P. (1981). First things first. Oxford University Press for the World Bank, Oxford.
  • Ubokudom, E.O., Namso, N.F., Egbe, B.E. & Kesit, K.N. (2017). Household level food security status and its determinants among rural farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Agriculture Science. Resource Journal, 7(10), 297–303.
  • United Nations. (2018). The Sustainable Development Goals Report: 2018. United Nations. New York. https://doi.org/10.11260/kenkokyoiku.19.77
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Hanehalkı Gıda Güvensizliği ve Öngörücüleri: Nijerya Gombe Metropolü'nden Kanıtlar

Year 2023, Volume: 15 Issue: 2, 149 - 156, 23.06.2023

Aisha Adamu Hassan Musa Abdu , Adamu Jibir

https://doi.org/10.52791/aksarayiibd.1056033

Abstract

Özellikle hane düzeyinde gıda güvenliğinin sağlanması, başta Afrika ülkeleri olmak üzere dünyadaki her ülke için çok önemlidir. Bu çalışmada, Nijerya'nın Gombe Eyaleti, Gombe metropolünde haneler arasında gıda güvensizliğini belirleyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yola çıkılmıştır. Bu çalışmada kullanılan hane verileri anket uygulaması yoluyla toplanmıştır. Verileri analiz etmek için tanımlayıcı istatistikler ve lojistik regresyon tekniği kullanılmıştır. Katılımcılara gönderilen 400 anketten 381’i doldurulmuş ve geri dönmüştür. Tanımlayıcı analiz, katılımcıların yaklaşık yüzde 40'ının gıda konusunda güvensiz olduğunu gösterdi. Lojistik regresyon sonuçları, hanehalkı büyüklüğü ve gelirinin bölgedeki hanehalkı güvensizliğinin önemli yordayıcıları olduğunu göstermektedir. Beklendiği gibi, hane büyüklüğü hane halkının gıda güvencesiz olma olasılığını pozitif olarak belirlerken, gelir olasılığı olumsuz yönde etkiler. Bu nedenle, çalışma diğerleri arasında şunları önermektedir; Hükümet, gıda güvensizliğinin boyutunu azaltmak için insanların gelir düzeyini artıracak daha fazla iş fırsatı yaratmalıdır. İkinci olarak, hükümet, mümkünse, nüfus büyüklüğünü azaltmak için aile planlamasının önemini tanıtmalı ve savunmalıdır.

Keywords

Gıda Güvensizliği Hanehalkı Gelir

References

  • Aboaba, K., Fadiji, D. M., & Hussayn, J. A. (2020). Determinants of food security among rural households in Nigeria: USDA food insecurity experience-based measurement (forms) approach. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development, 56(2), 113-124.
  • Adebayo, O.O. (2012). Effects of family size on household food security in Osun State, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2(2), 136–141.
  • Agidew, A. A., & Singh, K. N. (2017). Determinants of food Insecurity in the Rural Farm households in South Wollo Zone of Ethiopia: the case of Teleyayen Sub-watershed. Agriculture and Food Economics, 6(1), 1-23.
  • Aidoo, R., Mensah, J., O. & Tuffour T. (2013). Determinants of households’ food security in the Sekyere-Afram Plains District of Ghana. First Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference 24-26 April, Azores Portugal.
  • Babatunde, R. O., Adejobi, A.O., Fakayode, E. & Ndulue, K. (2021). Food insecurity among urban households in Nigeria: Recent Evidence from Jos Metropolis, Plateau State. African Journal of General Agriculture, 5(4), 12-20.
  • Baum, C.F. (2006). An Introduction to Modern Econometrics. Using Stata Taxas; Stata Press.
  • Bogale, A. & Shimelis, A. (2009). Household level determinants of food insecurity in rural areas of Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia. African journal of Food Agriculture, Nutrition and Developemnt, 9(9),108-120.
  • Bulawayo, M., Ndulu, M. & Sichone, J. (2019). Socio-economic Determinants of Food insecurity among Zambian Households: Evidence from National Household Survey. Journal of Asian and African studies, 54(6), 800-818.
  • Butcher, L. M. (2021). An investigation of the associated factors and measurement of food insecurity in Australia. Quartely Journal of International Agriculture, 2(1). 299-318.
  • Cadre Harmonisé National Analysis, Abuja, Nigeria, March 2020. Map: © CILSS.
  • Cordero-Ahiman, O. V., Vanegas, J. L., Beltrán-Romero, P. & Quinde-Lituma, M. E. (2020). Determinants of food insecurity in rural households: the case of the Paute River Basin of Azuay Province, Ecuador. Journal of Sustainability, 12(3), 461-471.
  • Dastigiri, S., Mahboob, S., Tutunchi, H. & Ostadrahimi, A. (2006). Determinants of food insecurity; A cross sectional study in Tabirz. Journal of Arabic University of Medical Sciences. 6(3), 233-239.
  • Diallo, A. & Toah, M. (2019). Determinants of food insecurity among maize farming households in the Southern Region of Mali. Journal of Food security, 7(5), 46-55.
  • Diallo, S. A., Savadogo, K., Tiemtore, A., Diarra, S., Kouyate, D. & Sangare, B. M. (2021). Determinants of Food Insecurity in Rural Areas in Mali. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology,3(5), 158-172.
  • Drèze, J. & Sen, A. (1989). Hunger and Public Action. Oxford university Press, Oxford.
  • Dunga, H. M. (2020). An empirical analysis on determinants of food security among female-headed households in South Africa. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies, 12(1), 66-81.
  • Eshetu, F. & Guye, A. (2021). Determinants of Households Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Land and Rural Studies, 9(1), 35-61.
  • FAO (1996). Rome declaration on world food security and world food summit plan of action. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization.
  • FAO (2002). The State of food insecurity in the world. Rome.
  • FAO (2019). Statistical database, Statistical division. Rome.
  • Gebre, G. G. (2012). Determinants of food insecurity in Addis Ababa city Ethiopia. Interdisciplinary Description of Complex, 10(2), 159-173.
  • Gujarati, D.N. (2003). Qualitative response regression models. In Basic Econometrics, 4th ed.; McGraw-Hill/Irwin: New York, NY, USA.
  • Maxwell, D. (1996). Measuring food insecurity: The frequency and starvation of “coping strategies”. Food Policy, 21(3), 291-303.
  • NBS (National Bureau of Statistics) (2018). Demographic statistics bulletin 2017. Retrieved from https://nigerianstat.gov.ng/download/775
  • NPC (National Population Commission) (2006). “Nigerian Population State by State Analysis” Abuja: NPC.
  • Olabiyi, O. M. & Mclntyre, L. (2014). Determinants of food insecurity in higher-income households in Canada. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 2(4), 121-127.
  • Olufemi, A. M., & Bamidele, O. A. (2021). Food insecurity and its determinants among farming households in Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State. South Asian Research Journal of Agriculture and Fisheries, 3(2), 231-37.
  • Osmani, S., (1995). The entitlement approach to famine: an assessment. In: Basu, K., Pattanaik, P., Suzumura, K. (Eds.), Choice, Welfare and Development. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  • Phami, P., He, J., Liu, D., Ding, S., Silva, P., Li, c., & Qin, Z. (2020). Exploring the determinants of Food Insecurity in Areas of the Nam Theun2 Hydropower Project in Khammuan, Laos. Journal of Sustainability, 12(7), 520-531 Doi: 10.3390/su12020520
  • Sen, A. K., (1981). Ingredients of famine analysis: availability and entitlements. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 6(3), 433–464.
  • Shahzad, M. A., Qing, P., Rizwan, M., Razzaq, A. & Faisal, M. (2021). COVID-19 Pandemic, Determinants of food insecurity and household mitigation measures: A Case Study of Punjab, Pakistan in Healthcare, 9(6), 621-626.
  • Sisayi, E. & Edriss, A. K., (2012). Determinants of Food Insecurity in Addis Ababa City Ethiopia. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 5(5), 68-77.
  • Stewart, F.(1985). Basic Needs in Developing Countries: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, M.D.
  • Streeten, P. (1981). First things first. Oxford University Press for the World Bank, Oxford.
  • Ubokudom, E.O., Namso, N.F., Egbe, B.E. & Kesit, K.N. (2017). Household level food security status and its determinants among rural farmers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. Agriculture Science. Resource Journal, 7(10), 297–303.
  • United Nations. (2018). The Sustainable Development Goals Report: 2018. United Nations. New York. https://doi.org/10.11260/kenkokyoiku.19.77
  • World Bank, (1986). Poverty and hunger: issues and options for food security in developing countries.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Macroeconomics (Other)
Journal Section Research Article
Authors

Aisha Adamu Hassan 0000-0002-4228-8685

Musa Abdu 0000-0002-2525-7481

Adamu Jibir 0000-0002-5631-8785

Publication Date June 23, 2023
Published in Issue Year 2023Volume: 15 Issue: 2

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APA Hassan, A. A., Abdu, M., & Jibir, A. (2023). Household Food Insecurity and its Predictors: Evidence from Gombe Metropolis, Nigeria. Aksaray Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 15(2), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.52791/aksarayiibd.1056033
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