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AIMS Agriculture and Food

2020, Volume 5, Issue 4: 911-919. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2020.4.911
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Agricultural transformation, youth participation and food security in Nigeria

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    Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria
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    Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR), Covenant University, Nigeria
  • Received: 05 August 2020 Accepted: 30 September 2020 Published: 12 November 2020

  • 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.

    Citation: Romanus Osabohien, Oluwatoyin Matthew, Isaiah Olurinola, Busayo Aderounmu. Agricultural transformation, youth participation and food security in Nigeria[J]. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 2020, 5(4): 911-919. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2020.4.911

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  • 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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