@article{Ojeleye:198426,
      recid = {198426},
      author = {Ojeleye, O.A. and Adebisi, O.A. and Fadiji, T.O.},
      title = {Assessment of Farm Household Food Security and Consumption  Indices in Nigeria},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development},
      address = {2014-09},
      number = {393-2016-23915},
      series = {2-495-4(9)2014-AJARD-458-464},
      pages = {7},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {This study was carried out to assess farm households’ food  security and consumption indices. The study was conducted  in Kaduna state, Nigeria. Data used for this study was  collected from a total of 244 farm households with the use  of structured questionnaire using a multistage random and  purposive sampling technique. The main tools of analysis  for this study include descriptive statistics and food  security index. The study shows that about one third of the  rural farm households sampled was food insecure and that  the average farm size of the farm households was 2.05ha as  food secure and insecure households cultivate 2.09ha and  1.96ha respectively. Average farm and non-farm income were  $1,130.7 and $810.3 per annum respectively as household  daily calorie consumed was found to exceed household daily  calorie requirement. The food security indices for the food  secure and insecure households were found to be 1.462 and  0.852 respectively. Large family size was found to lower  available calorie intake of households. The study  recommends the need for family planning education and  policy frames to increase household farm size.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198426},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.198426},
}