Food security situations among female headed households in Enugu East Senatorial Zone of Enugu State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between cultural biases and farmer-herder conflicts in Taraba State, Nigeria. The population was made up of 973 respondents comprising the households of selected farmers and herders in Taraba State. The sample size of210 was selected using purposive sampling procedure. The instrument for data collection was an 18-item questionnaire. One hundred and ninety-five (195) copies of the questionnaire were successfully retrieved and analysed. Mean and standard deviation was used to summarise the data. Findings indicated that cultural barriers which spots nomads as strangers in farming communities is among some aspects of cultural biases that promote farmer-herder conflicts in Taraba State. Government should come up with policies that will reduce the vegetative impact of cultural preferences and barriers.
 Keywords: Cultural biases, farmer-herder conflicts, socio-economic activities

Coping strategies and food insecurity experiences: the case of female-headed agricultural households in Liberia

“…Meanwhile, more extreme experiences such as having no food at all (26.1%), going to sleep hungry (14.7%), or going a whole day without eating (12.8%) were less commonly reported, reflecting a lesser but still concerning degree of acute food deprivation. Consistent with the results, Ozioko et al (2020) found that female-headed households in Nigeria were more food insecure and employed coping strategies such as consuming a few kinds of foods and reducing food consumption altogether. Similarly, in Malawi, Dunga and Dunga (2017) established that due to the low economic status of female-headed households, they employed more coping strategies in response to food shortages as compared to male-headed households.…”

Investigating and Quantifying Food Insecurity in Nigeria: A Systematic Review

“…In 2020-2022, 11, 13, and 15 articles were included in this review, respectively. The number of respondents ranged in size from the smallest study (with 72 respondents) [101] to the highest-population study (using secondary data) of 5198 respondents [98].…”

“…The southwest had the highest number of FI research studies (45) conducted in the region, while the south-south had the least (9) FI research studies conducted in the region, and only three were reported in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja (see Figure 3). Furthermore, about 9% (7 articles) of studies in this review employed qualitative methodology [68,76,87,101,103,113,118], while the remaining 91% (72) studies were quantitative in nature. Apart from the survey nature of the studies, some (five studies) incorporated focus group discussion (FGDs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) [59,72,82,83,97].…”

“…[103] employed income level, education, and government policy in investigating farming households' food security in northern Nigeria. The study by [101] employed perception of the food security situation in the prevailing year (2019) to assess the FHHs in Enugu East Senatorial zone of the state, while [113] used changes in food intake as influenced by COVID-19 in exploring FI among residents in Nigeria during the first wave of COVID-19. The use of FI risk perception and management strategies was utilized by [87] in assessing FI among households in Oyo and Osun states and reported 87.6% FI prevalence.…”

“…[88,89,100,103,109] reported 37%, 73.9%, 54.5%, 73.5%, and 81.5% FI. Studies involving farming households in the southeast include [96,101]. Also, ref.…”