Household food security status and production constraints of sole fish and integrated fish-vegetable farmers in Kaduna State, Nigeria
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The study was carried out to determine food security status of integrated fish vegetable and sole fish farmers and its determinants and describe the challenges of integrated fish – vegetable and sole fish production system in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 95 sole fish farmers and 41 integrated fish-vegetable farmers from 13 randomly selected villages in the State. Primary data were obtained through the use of a set of structured questionnaire which was administered to the selected farmers. Descriptive statistics, food security index and Probit regression model were used to analyse the data. Results established that majority of the sole and integrated fish farmers were married, male-dominated, with equal mean age of 38 years and household size of 7 persons per household respectively. Food security status of farmers revealed that more than half (52.6%) of sole fish farmers and 73.2% of integrated fish-vegetable farmers were food secure. Result of Probit regression model showed that the marginal effects of household size (-0.271), farm experience (0.006), extension contact (-0432) and cooperative membership (0.001) were statistically significant determinants of food security of sole fish farmers at a different level of probability. Likewise, the marginal effects of age of the farmers (-0.031), farming experience (0.033) and cooperative membership (-0.290) were statisticall significant determinants of food security of integrated fish-vegetable production. Inadequate information and low access to improved technology and credit were the most critical constraints to integrated fish-vegetable and sole fish systems. Based on the findings
of this study, there is need for farmers to form a formidable cooperative society to harness extension personnel and relevant information on inputs, credit and modern technology of integrated fish vegetable production to increase output and invariably food security.
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