@article{Emaziye:198115,
      recid = {198115},
      author = {Emaziye, P.O.},
      title = {Food Security Index and Socio-Economic Effects of Climate  Change on Rural Farming Households in Delta State, Nigeria},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development},
      address = {2013-04},
      number = {393-2016-23976},
      series = {6-104-AJARD-3(4)2013-193-198},
      pages = {6},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {The study examined the food security status and the  socio-economic effects of climate change on rural farming  households in Delta State, Nigeria. The main objective of  the study was to determine the food security status of the  rural farming households in the state while the specific  objective was to determine the socio-economic effects of  climate change on rural farming households in the state.  Multistage sampling procedure was used in the random  selection of local government, communities and rural  households for the research study. The data for the study  were obtained with the aids of structured questionnaire  survey randomly administered to rural farming households in  the state. Food security index was used to determine the  level of food insecurity (food security status) among the  rural households in communities that have been affected by  flood and or other climate hazardswhile descriptive  statistics was used to summarize the socio-economic effects  and their food security status of the rural farming  households in the state. Most respondents (65.10%) were  married with low annual income of N54,702 ($353) which is  less than the poverty line of less than $1 (one dollar) a  day. Most rural farming households witnessed loss of  investment on farm lands, lives and income respectively in  the state. The study also reveals that rural farming  households suffered ill health, such as malaria, water  borne diseases and skin infections that were on the  increase in the state. The study also revealed that  majority of respondents was moderately food insecure. The  study also recommends that Government planning agencies and  policy makers should put into consideration these food  insecurity situations in their planning and policy  implementation to prevent future chronic food insecurity  situation in the state.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198115},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.198115},
}