Economics of soil conservation farming techniques in Abia State, Nigeria

Ogbonna, MC; Onyenweaku, CE; Mbanasor, JA

doi:10.4314/ijard.v7i2.2643

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“…Also, they are affordable and energy‐dense, enough to satisfy and shield hunger for a longer period. They are cultivated and traditionally valued in the southeast region (Ogbonna et al, 2012 ). For instance, the region celebrates the new yam festival during the yam harvest season (Obidiegwu & Akpabio, 2017 ).…”

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Household food security and dietary diversity in south‐eastern Nigeria

Ukonu,

Wallace,

Lowe

2023

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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The aim of this study was to investigate household food security (access) level and the dietary diversity of households in the Nsukka Local Government Area in South‐eastern Nigeria. From 20 local communities of Nsukka, 390 women were randomly sampled from the women's group and asked to complete a survey that determined the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale scores and the Household Dietary Diversity Scores (HDDS). The descriptive results indicated a high level of food insecurity with 82.6% households reporting various degrees of food insecurity. Over half of the sampled population experienced insufficient food quality. They either ate unwanted food (65.9%), limited variety (63.1%), or unpreferred food (64.6%). Some households experienced insufficient food intake by going a whole day without food (38.2%), go to sleep hungry (45.1%), or have no food of any kind (49%). The analysis of variance showed no significant difference (p = 0.428) in the food security level of households headed by males as compared with those headed by females. Approximately 53.6% of households fell at or below the average HDDS; males headed 48% of these households, while females headed 64%. The chi‐square test indicated factors associated with household food security including age, education, work status and income, whereas the gender of the household head, household size and marital status were not significantly associated. Public–private partnerships, nutrition orientation and food intervention programs could improve food security in this area.

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Household food security and dietary diversity in south‐eastern Nigeria

Ukonu,

Wallace,

Lowe

2023

Maternal & Child Nutrition

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Training Needs of Vocational Forestry Staff in Ogun State Nigeria

Adekunle¹,

Ayandiji²

2013

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Forests contribute in different forms to national and economic growths. Nigeria suffers the second largest net loss in forest reserve with 4.0 million hectares cleared annually. There is also inadequate training based on need assessment, and forestry personnel lack opportunities to update their knowledge. These concerns gave rise to this study with specific objectives to level of knowledge and level of skills of vocational staff in forestry activities. Data were collected using a simple random sampling technique in the selection of 50% of vocational staff totaling 143 respondents. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to analyze data. Majority of forestry vocational staff were between ages 41-50 years. Majority of vocational staff were school certificate holders and all staff considered themselves to be forest stakeholders. Thirty two percent of vocational staff attended Hammer procedure course. Vocational staff perceived their knowledge level and skill level as medium and that they needed little or no training in most of the area of needs. In conclusion, the study has shown that vocational staff in the study area needs to improve their knowledge, skills in forestry activities to meet up with the contemporary challenges.

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