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dc.contributor.authorOlarinde, L.O.
dc.contributor.authorAbass, A.B.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.contributor.authorAdepoju, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorAdio, M.O.
dc.contributor.authorFanifosi, E.G.
dc.contributor.authorWasiu, A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T13:30:19Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T13:30:19Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-04
dc.identifier.citationOlarinde, L.O., Abass, A.B., Abdoulaye, T., Adepoju, A.A., Adio, M.O., Fanifosi, E.G. & Wasiu, A. (2020). The influence of social networking on food security status of cassava farming households in Nigeria. Sustainability, 12(13), 5420: 1-35.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7682
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Food security, at national and household levels, is on the decline because traditional capital (physical, natural, human and financial) has not fully led to its improvement. There is an increasing shift of attention to social capital as an element that explains household food security, but there is a lack of adequately documented information on this. Therefore, this study investigates the effects of social capital on food security, using data collected on a cross-section of 775 cassava farming households from four zones of Nigeria. About 58% of the respondents (cassava farming households) fall under the intermediate category in terms of the benefits received from belonging in social groups. Age and educational level increased the probability to receive benefit from group activities (p < 0.05), while membership density, labor contribution and decision making significantly affected the level of benefit received (p < 0.10). Based on the estimated food security line, 41% of the cassava households were food secure, while 59% were food insecure. Membership density, cash and labor contribution significantly affected food security. Membership density (p < 0.10) and cash contribution (p < 0.05) increased the probability of being food secure. It was recommended that cassava farming households should be encouraged or aided to form cooperatives or farmers’ groups, participate in the activities, and make financial contributions to investments that reduce manual labor-input in the farming activities to enhance household food security.
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
dc.format.extent1-35
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.titleThe influence of social networking on food security status of cassava farming households in Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.affiliationLadoke Akintola University of Technology
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationKwara State University
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidOLARINDE:2020a
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectCassava
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalSustainability
cg.notesPublished online: 4 Jul 2020
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12135420
cg.iitaauthor.identifierAdebayo Abass: 0000-0003-1376-3608
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.iitaauthor.identifierWasiu Awoyale: 0000-0002-3635-1414
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cg.identifier.issue13
cg.identifier.volume12


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