Women produce between 60 to 80 percent of the food in Nigeria. They are also responsible for managing household resources, yet their key role as producers and providers and their critical contribution to household food security has not been fully recognized. Therefore, this research identified the vital roles of women as the major pillars for achieving sustainable household food security. The result showed that women play significant roles in food availability and food security. Also, a positively significant relationship was shown between income generating activities and women's roles in ensuring food security. Due to the fact that women face a lot of social, cultural and economic constraints in performing their roles, there is therefore the need for capacity building to enhance income generating activities through provision of credit facilities, education and other resources for sustainable national and household food security. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service:

The need to improve the productivity and subsequently the local production of rice to reduce the huge wage bill expended on the importation of rice necessitated this study. The factors that determine the productivity level achieved by the rice farmers were assessed in this study. Structured questionnaire was administered to 120 randomly sampled rice farmers from Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State.Results of the study reveal that majority of the respondents cultivate the improved version of the local variety, which is Ofada OS6. They also cultivate small farm holdings and they are knowledgeable in seed identification and sowing, fertilizer identification and application, as well as intercropping of rice with other crops. However, their knowledge in herbicide use is low, indicating their low use or wrong use of herbicides.Productivity level of most of the respondents is low, while factors that determine their productivity level are farm size, knowledge of improved practices, quantity of labour used and respondents' level of education.

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This study analysed the dietary intake of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA)

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