دورية أكاديمية
Impact of Off-farm Income on Food Security and Nutrition in Nigeria
| العنوان: | Impact of Off-farm Income on Food Security and Nutrition in Nigeria |
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| المؤلفون: | Babatunde, Raphael O., Qaim, Matin |
| المصدر: | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97332Test. |
| سنة النشر: | 2017 |
| المجموعة: | AgEcon Search - Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics |
| الوصف: | Reducing food insecurity in the developing world continues to be a major public policy challenge, and one that is complicated by the lack of a generalized comprehensive strategy for dealing with it. Around 854 million people are undernourished worldwide, many more suffer from micronutrient deficiencies, and the absolute numbers tend to increase further, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Recent food price hikes have contributed to greater public awareness of hunger related problems, also resulting in new international commitments to invest in developing country agriculture. Whereas agriculture-led growth played an important role in reducing food insecurity and transforming the economies of many Asian and Latin American countries, the same has not yet occurred in Africa. Most countries in Africa have not yet met the criteria for a successful agricultural revolution, and factor productivity lags far behind the rest of the world. This has led to growing skepticism in the international development discourse about the relevance of agriculture to food security in the region. As a result, the promotion of off-farm activities as a pathway out of food insecurity has gained widespread support among development agencies and non-governmental organizations. So far, relatively little policy efforts have been made to promote the off-farm sector in a pro-poor way and overcome potential constraints in countries of Sub-Saharan Africa. One reason is probably the dearth of solid and up-to-date information about the impact of off-farm income on food security and nutrition in specific context. While the poverty implications of off-farm income have been analyzed in different developing countries, much less is known about the impact of off-farm income on household food security and nutrition. 2 This paper analyzes the role of off-farm income in enhancing food security and nutrition for households in rural Nigeria. The analysis builds on a survey of 220 households in Kwara State, which was conducted in 2006. Food consumption data were ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | text |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97332/files/28.%20Food%20security%20in%20Nigeria.pdfTest; http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97332Test |
| DOI: | 10.22004/ag.econ.97332 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.97332Test http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97332Test https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97332/files/28.%20Food%20security%20in%20Nigeria.pdfTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.A3F9CC85 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.22004/ag.econ.97332 |
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