Browsing by Author "Asobie, A.H."

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    FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN NASARAWA STATE: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State Unversity Keffi, 2019-01-01) Abdullahi, Mohammed Abdul; Asobie, A.H.; Yahaya, Abdullahi Adadu
    The study identified factors militating against the achievement of household food security amongst various households in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The paper utilized both the primary and secondary sources of data. The primary data relied on questionnaires. Structured questionnaires were administered to 340 households which constitute the sample size of the study. The elite theoiy was used as a theoretical underpinning for the study. Factor analysis was used to isolate and name the critical factors influencing the attainment of household food security in Nasarawa state. Findings revealed that economic, governance, institutional and technological constraints hindered the achievement of household food security in the study area. While the economic factors included climatic change and variability shortage of farm labour, limited access to farm land; the institutional factors were poor market access, weak support services, poor nutrition education and poor sanitation. The governance factors included political problems, rapid population growth rate and low crop yield, while the technological factors include inadequacy and lack of access to improved agricultural inputs and lack ofaccess to labour saving deduces. Despite efforts at attaining householdfood security in Nasarawa state, Food security is still a mirage. Therefore, governments at the local and state levels should design and implement short term and long term programmes in agriculture value chain to boost food production and productivity to enhance family income for improved household food security
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    FOOD SECURITY AND EFFECTIVE FOOD STORAGE IN NIGERIA: THE PLACE OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-12-12) Asobie, A.H.; Yahaya, Abdullahi Adadu; Abdullahi, Mohammed Abdul
    The paper discusses the importance of agriculture to a people, its economy and its place of achieving food security for nations, Nigeria inclusive. Furthermore, it talked about food security insecurity and its indices. It delved into prospects for increased agriculture production and how this can be achieved. Again, it discussed efforts that have been put in place by past Nigeria governments at meeting food need of Nigerians and making the country food secured. I, maintained that food shortages in Nigeria are due not, primarily to underproduction but agreed that more crops should be grown to meet production shortfall. The study adopt secondary source of data, and also the proper indicted that lack of adequate postharvest practices as the chief bane of food security in Nigeria and posits that more should be done to see that food are adequate stored after they are produced to nip wastages and scarcity in the bud. Finally, it recommended that public policy maker must as a matter of urgency see food as component of welfarism, and as such develop sufficient political will to achieve (i) increased food production; (ii) evolve food policy and (iii) eventually attain food security for all. And also agricultural support programmes, projects and research institutes that have Nigerian Stored Products been put in place spurred towards sleeping up production and do even much more at storage.