Agricultural transformation, youth participation and food security in Nigeria
| Autor: | Romanus Osabohien, Busayo Aderounmu, Isaiah Oluranti Olurinola, Oluwatoyin Matthew |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Economic growth
youth Food security business.industry Safety net media_common.quotation_subject Youth participation ict adoption food security Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) lcsh:S1-972 Agriculture Information and Communications Technology Health care Quality (business) lcsh:Agriculture (General) business Productivity Food Science media_common agriculture insurance |
| Zdroj: | AIMS Agriculture and Food, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 911-919 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2471-2086 |
| Popis: | This study examines how the agricultural transformation will stimulate youth participation, thereby leading to food security in Nigeria. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) adoption, insurance and health care provision was used as transformation variables. The study applied the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) model on the data sourced from Wave 4 (2018/2019) of the Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated survey on agriculture (LSMS-ISA). The result showed that; agricultural transformation using ICT, insurance, and health care provision is positive and statistically significant in explaining the level of food security in Nigeria. Therefore, the study concludes that the transformation of Nigerian agriculture should focus on the provision of household's safety net programmes such as insurance. Also, there is a need for the enhancement of households' access to mechanisation services, access to quality and affordability of agricultural input materials to increase productivity, thereby leading to food security. |
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