Highlights: Urban food insecurity is on the rise, necessitating a multifaceted strategy. Disparities in food security levels are due to urbanization and socioeconomic inequalities. Low urban class...
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Nigeria is the largest producer of cowpea in the world and one of the highest consumers. This paper documents the challenges in cowpea production and consumption, export, and import trends in Nigeria. The critical and comparative...
Key findings: Using nationally representative household panel survey data from five sub-Saharan African countries, the article models consumer preferences and examine how nutrient...
Highlights: CSA is positively associated with land productivity. CSA is also positively associated with food security. The bundled use of CSA practices offers greater land productivity...
Gender inequality and malnutrition are regarded as inseparable parts of the vicious cycle of poverty, being considered a cause and an effect of hunger and poverty. The majority of rural households practise...
Food security is important for economic development and growth, social interaction, political stability and security in society. The study examined the food security status of rural women in Bayelsa...
Highlights: We use a unique data set to analyze rural households' purchases of food in Sub-Saharan Africa using nationally representative data with 65,000 observations covering...
Highlights: Farmer-herder conflicts threaten Nigeria’s agriculture and livelihoods. Conflicts reduce animal-source foods (ASF) consumption in households. Livestock diversification mitigates impacts of conflicts on ASF...
Credit allows borrowers to access funds required to make an investment before returns materialize. For smallholder farmers, who must invest in agricultural inputs (i.e., seeds, chemicals...
Highlights: Many improved groundnut varieties have been developed over the years in Nigeria. We investigate adoption and impact of improved groundnut varieties on household groundnut...