- Title
- Factors influencing food consumption diversity among farming households in selected states in southwestern Nigeria
- Creator
- Egbetokun, Olugbenga A, Fraser, Gavin C G
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/471346
- Identifier
- vital:77444
- Identifier
- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajfand/article/view/206465
- Description
- The dietary practices of households have significant repercussions on the quality of life of its members. Dietary practice generally shows the types and variety of food intake and is extremely reliant on the socio-demographic characteristics. Dietary diversity has been positively associated with the four pillars of food security and all dietary guidelines propose consuming a large variety of foods, across and within major food groups. This paper focuses on the influence of socioeconomic factors on household-level food consumption diversity (FCD) in Nigeria. Since the majority of Nigerians (70 per cent) live in rural areas, an analysis of the food and nutrition security status of rural dwellers will provide a clear picture of what needs to be done to assure food security. A multistage sampling technique was employed for the selection of respondents from a random sample of households proportionate to the size of three states in the south-western agricultural zone of Nigeria, and primary data were collected using an interview guide. The analytical tools used were descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, mean food consumption diversity index and multinomial logit regression model.
- Format
- 18 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmentn, Egbetokun, O.A. and Fraser, G.C.G., 2020. Factors influencing food consumption diversity among farming households in selected states in southwestern Nigeria. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 20(5), pp.16325-16342, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Developmentn volume 20 number 5 1 18 2020
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- Rights
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