A household cross-sectional survey of a sample of 120 households to analyze consumption
practices and determinants of household dietary diversity in rural areas of differing agro …

Background Poor infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices in the first 2 years of age
are among major causes of childhood malnutrition, in developing countries including …

Executive summary The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and national
partners from Borno State received funding from the Canadian International Development …

The paper contributes to an understanding of the determinants of food security with a bias
on the link between gender of household head and food security using detailed farm …

The study investigated food security determinants among urban food crop farming
households in Cross River State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling technique was utilized to …

This study estimates a food insecurity index and examines the factors that influence food
insecurity among small farmers in Nigeria. Data for the study were collected from 400 …

The Western and Nyanza provinces that make up the West Kenya Humidtropics action site
form part of the 20% arable land in Kenya. The region is characterized by high agricultural …

Market participation has a potential to increase farmers' rural incomes and employment
opportunities especially if farmers concentrate on production and marketing of local crops …

Several studies have predicted climate change to cause some shifts in food security in the
future with sparse research on the relationship between flooding (which is one of the …

I thank God for the gift of life, blessings, grace and mercies that saw me through the whole
period of my study. I wish to sincerely thank my family for their understanding, moral support …