AGRICULTURAL LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH AND FOOD INSECURITY TRANSITIONS AMONG MAIZE FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN RURAL NIGERIA

Abimbola Adepoju; Akubuike Obialo

doi:10.5937/ekoPolj2204093A

Authors

Abimbola Adepoju Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Akubuike Obialo Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj2204093A

Keywords:

Labour productivity growth, Chronic food insecurity, Transitory food insecurity, Rural, Nigeria

Abstract

Agriculture in rural Nigeria is labour-intensive. Thus, the much-desired transition from food insecurity to food security by householdsrequires growth in labour productivity. Labour productivity growth and its eﬀect among other factors on food security transitions of maize farming households in rural Nigeria were assessed. Food insecurity indices were constructed using the second and third waves of data from the General Household Survey Panel (2012 and 2015), and a probabilistic model was specified. The analytical tools used were descriptive statistics, Partial factor (labour) productivity, Foster Greer-Thorbecke Model, Markov chain model, Tobit, and Multinomial Logit Regression Models. Labour productivity increased between the two periods although labour productivity growth was very low. Labour productivity growth negatively and significantly aﬀected the transition into food security and being chronically food insecure. Thus, a boost for labour productivity growth should be targeted as a safetynet, especially for the food insecure and households vulnerable to food insecurity.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Aboaba, K., Fadiji, D., Hussayn, J. 2020. Determinants of food security among rural households in southwestern Nigeria: USDA food security questionnaire core module approach. Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development. 56. doi:10.17306/J.JARD.2020.01295.

Adepoju A.O.2012. Poverty transitions in rural south west Nigeria. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 12(2), 19-29.

Ajayi, M. T., Ogunlola, J. O. 2005. Farmers perceived extension practices in Akure Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. Nigeria Global Approaches to Extension, 29 (1), 1-8.

Anyaegbunam, H.N., Okoye, G.N., Asumugha, M.C, Ogbonna, T.U., Madu, N.N., Ejechi, M.E. 2010. Labour productivity among smallholder cassava farmers in southeast agroecological zone, Nigeria. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 5(21),2882-2885.

Ayantoye, K., Yusuf, S., Omonona, B., Amao, J. 2011. Food insecurity dynamics and its correlates among rural households in south-western Nigeria. International Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 4(1), 43-55.

Ayinde, I. A., Otekunrin, O. A., Akinbode, S. O., Otekunrin, O. A. 2020. Food security in Nigeria: Impetus for growth and development. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 6, 808-820.

Babatunde, R.O., Omotesho, O.A., Olorunsanya, E.O., Owotoki, G.M. 2008. Determinants of vulnerability to food insecurity: A gender-based analysis of farming households in Nigeria. Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics. 63(1),116-125.

Central Intelligence Agency. 2022. Nigeria: World fact book. Accessed 21 November, 2022. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/

Diallo, Y., Etiene, A., Mehran, F. 2013. Global child labour trends 2008 to 2012 / International Labour Office, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC) - Geneva: ILO. https://www.ilo.org/ipec/Informationresources/WCMS_IPEC_PUB_23015/lang--en/index.htm

Ekong E. E. 2003. Rural sociology: An introduction and analysis of rural Nigeria. Uyo, Dove Educational Publishers.

FAO. 1996. World food summit: Rome declaration on world food security and world food summit plan of action. FAO, Rome, Italy.Accessed 22 November, 2022. https://www.fao.org/3/w3613e/w3613e00.htm

FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP , WHO. 2022. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more aﬀordable. Rome, FAO. Accessed 21 November, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0639en

FIAN International. 2014.Women agricultural workers and the right to adequate food and nutrition. Accessed25 November, 2022. https://www.tni.org/en/publication/women-agricultural-workers

Gocowski, J., Oduwole, S. 2003. Labour practices in the cocoa sector of Southwest Nigeria with a special focus on the role of children. STCP/IITA Monograph Ibadan, IITA. ISBN 9781312181.

ILOSTAT. 2022. Statistics on the population and labour force. Accessed 25 November, 2022. https://ilostat.ilo.org/topics/population-and-labour-force/

Manyong, V., Ikpi, A., Olayemi, J., Yusuf, S., Omonona, B., Okoruwa, V., Idachaba, F. 2005. Agriculture in Nigeria: identifying opportunities for increased commercialization and investment. Ibadan, IITA. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91838.

Muhammed-Lawal, A. and Omotesho,O.A. (2010). Intensityof food insecurity in rural households of Kwara State Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Resources2, 21-30.

National Bureau of Statistics. 2014. General Household Survey, Panel 2012-2013, Wave 2. Accessed 17 July, 2022. https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/1952/related-materials.

National Bureau of Statistics.2016. General Household Survey, Panel 2015- 2016, Wave 3. Accessed 17 July, 2022 https://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/2734

Nkegbe, P. K., Abu, B. M.,Issahaku, H. 2017. Food security in the savannah accelerated development authority zone of Ghana: An ordered probit with household hunger scale approach. Agriculture & Food Security, 6(1), 1-11.

Ntshangase, N. L., Muroyiwa, B., Sibanda, M. (2018). Farmers’ perceptions and factors inﬂuencing the adoption of no-till conservation agriculture by small-scale farmers in Zashuke, KwaZulu-Natal Province. Sustainability,10, 555; doi:10.3390/ su10020555.

Obayelu, A. O., Orosile, O. R. 2015. Rural livelihood and food poverty in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Environment for InternationalDevelopment, 109(2), 307–323.

Obayelu, O. A., Akpan, E. I.,Ojo, A. O. 2021. Prevalence and correlates of food insecurity in rural Nigeria: A panel analysis. Economia agro-alimentare/Food Economy, 23(2), 1-26.

Obwona, M. 2006. Determinants of technical efficiency diﬀerentials among small and medium scale farmers in Uganda: A case of tobacco growers. Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) Uganda. AERC Research Paper 152. Nairobi,African Economic Research Consortium.

Ogunniyi, A., Mavrotas, G., Olagunju, K., Fadare, O.,Rufai, A. M. 2018.The Paradigm of Governance Quality, Migration and its Implication on Food and Nutritional Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: What does Dynamic Generalized Method of Moments estimation reveal? Accessed 24 November, 2022. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Paradigm-of-Governance-Quality%2C-Migration-and-OgunniyiMavrotas/fe481fa4525db7700cfe4282270d019e6b0d3a33

Okoedo-Okojie, D., Onemolease, E. 2009. Factors aﬀecting the adoption of yam storage technologies in the northern ecological zone of Edo State, Nigeria. Journal of Human Ecology, 27, 155-160. doi: 10.1080/09709274.2009.11906205.

Oluyole, K.A., Dada, O.A., Oni O.A., Adebiyi, S., Oduwole, O.O. 2013. Farm labour structure and its determinants among cocoa farmers in Nigeria. American Journal of Rural Development, 1 (1), 1-5.

Omonona, B. T., Agoi, G. A. 2007. An analysis of food security situation among nigerian urban households: Evidence from Lagos State, Nigeria. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 8(3),397 - 406.

Otekunrin, O. A., Sawicka, B. 2019. Cassava, a 21st century staple crop: How can Nigeria harness its enormous trade potentials.Acta Scientifc Agriculture, 3(8), 194-202.

Otekunrin, O. A., Sawicka, B., Adeyonu, A. G., Otekunrin, O. A., Rachoń, L. 2021. Cocoyam [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott]: Exploring the production, health and trade potentials in sub-Saharan Africa. Sustainability, 13(8), 4483. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084483

Oyebanjo, O., Ambali, O. I., Akerele, E. O. 2015. Determinants of food security status and incidence of food insecurity among rural farming households in Ijebu Division of Ogun State Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment, 13(1), 92–103.

Schreyer, P. 2001. The OECD productivity manual: A guide to the measurement of industry-level and aggregate productivity. International productivity monitor, centre for the study of living standards, 2, 37-51.

Squires, V. R., Gaur, M. K. 2020. Agricultural productivity and food security: Food security and land use change under conditions of climatic variability, 33–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36762-6_3

ThriveAgric. 2021. Maize Production in Nigeria. Retrieved November 25, 2022, Accessed 25, November, 2022. https://medium.com/thrive-agric/heres-what-cornproduction-looks-like-in-africa-and-nigeria-51de0153b8fd

World Bank. 2022. Agriculture and Food. Washington, World Bank. Accessed November 25, 2022. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/overview