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Women’s Economic Empowerment and Management of Household Food Security in Kogi State
(Department of Entrepreneurship Studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2022-04-21) Ibrahim, Hauwa Victoria; Ame, Jacob Ojobo; Paul, Vincent
The objective of this work was to determine women's economic empowerment and management of household food security in Kogi State. Primary data was used for the study, which was collected through the administration of a specially designed questionnaire. A survey design was adopted for the study where the population consist of women in Kogi State. A sample size of 384 was determined using Cochran sampling formulae which were increased to 422 to cover non-responses. A purposive sampling technique was used in the study. Data collected were analysed using frequency distribution, Pearson correlation, OLS regression and ANOVA to test the model fitness. Results from the study show that women's economic empowerment exerts a significant relationship with the management of household food security. Furthermore, the study recommended among other issues that to achieve more women's economic empowerment; the government, support more women with adequate agricultural assets that will aid in necessitating management of household food security in their homes and beyond and women should be enlightened on how to make use of credit facilities to prove their ability to manage household food security.