Social protection as a means to reduce and mitigate the risk of drought and disasters and
ensure long-term development has gained prominence over recent decades. Countries …

Cocoa farmers face many drawbacks to their socioeconomic progress. A vivid example is
the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease (CSSVD) which has caused mass destruction to …

Relevant and consistent with the recent growing interest to assess the contribution of women
to economic activities in Sudan, this study seeks to assess women's contribution to their …

This study aims at identifying and analyzing food security measures in Borno State, Nigeria.
A multi-stage sampling technique was applied on 1,200 households. Cost-of-Calories …

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

Agriculture is an important tool for reducing the effects of household food insecurity,
unemployment and poverty which are major problems in urban areas in Nigeria. Food …

This paper investigated food insecurity determinants a mong rural household in Nigeria
using farm-level data collected on 220 rural farm households from Benue State. Data were …

The notion that South Asian economies have tended to be less successful than those of East
Asia is critically examined and the reasons why discussed. Countries covered include …

Attainment of food security at the national and household levels have remained a challenge
in Nigeria with rural households being worst affected. It was on this premise that this study …

This study applied censored regression model approach to analyse the determinants of
poverty severity among rural farmers in Nigeria using data from randomly sampled 233 rural …