Youth in agriculture and food security in Nigeria

IF 1.7 Q2 ECONOMICS

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI:10.1108/ijse-04-2021-0197

Romanus Osabohien, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan

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Abstract

Purpose

Though agriculture has the potential for job creation for the growing population; nevertheless, most Nigerian youth merely see the agricultural sector as a viable opportunity for livelihood. In the quest for food security, as encapsulated in sustainable development goals (SDGs), youth participation in agriculture is essential to unlock the agricultural sector’s potential and ensure adequate food production.

Design/methodology/approach

This study examined the factors influencing youth involvement in agriculture and its impact on food security in Nigeria, using Ekiti and Kwara States. The study engaged a multi-stage random sampling approach. The first stage involved a purposeful selection of the states among youth in agriculture-related activities. The second stage involved randomly selecting five Local Government Areas (LGAs) from each state. The third stage involved a random selection of five communities in the selected LGAs, making it a total of 25 communities for each state. Finally, 20 households were selected per community. In total, 500 respondents were selected from each of the two states, making it a total of 1,000 respondents for the survey. The Foster-Greer-Thorbeck (FGT) analysis uses the logit regression and the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) techniques.

Findings

The results showed that a large proportion (about 95%) of the youth farmers in the study area fell below the food security line (N6448.45) and are food insecure. Findings from the PSM showed that youth in agriculture has no significant impact on food security. The findings from the logit regression showed that gender, age, level of education, land ownership, income, safety net or social protection and value chain are significant determinants of youth participation in agriculture.

Practical implications

This study contributes to the literature by examining the determinants of youth in agriculture and its impact on food security in Nigeria, using Ekiti and Kwara States, by engaging the FGT, logit regression and PSM.

Originality/value

Peer review

The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-04-2021-0197

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尼日利亚青年参与农业和粮食安全

目的虽然农业具有为不断增长的人口创造就业机会的潜力，但大多数尼日利亚青年仅将农业部门视为谋生的可行机会。为了实现可持续发展目标（SDGs）中规定的粮食安全，青年参与农业对于释放农业部门的潜力和确保充足的粮食生产至关重要。本研究以埃基蒂州和夸拉州为研究对象，考察了影响尼日利亚青年参与农业的因素及其对粮食安全的影响。研究采用了多阶段随机抽样方法。第一阶段是在参与农业相关活动的青年中有目的地选择各州。第二阶段是从每个州随机抽取五个地方政府区（LGA）。第三阶段是在选定的地方政府区中随机抽取五个社区，每个州共抽取 25 个社区。最后，每个社区选出 20 户家庭。总共从两个州各抽取了 500 名受访者，使调查受访者总数达到 1,000 人。福斯特-格里尔-托贝克（FGT）分析采用了对数回归和倾向得分匹配（PSM）技术。结果结果显示，研究地区很大一部分（约 95%）青年农民的收入低于粮食安全线（6448.45 纽元），粮食无保障。PSM 的结果表明，青年务农对粮食安全没有显著影响。对数回归结果显示，性别、年龄、教育水平、土地所有权、收入、安全网或社会保护以及价值链是青年参与农业的重要决定因素。本研究通过使用 FGT、对数回归和 PSM，以埃基蒂州和夸拉州为研究对象，探讨了尼日利亚青年参与农业的决定因素及其对粮食安全的影响，为相关文献做出了贡献。原创性/价值本研究利用 FGT、logit 回归和 PSM，以埃基蒂州和夸拉州为研究对象，探讨了青年从事农业的决定因素及其对尼日利亚粮食安全的影响，为相关文献的研究做出了贡献。同行评议本文的同行评议记录可在以下网址查阅：https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-04-2021-0197。

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Social Economics publishes original and peer-reviewed theoretical and empirical research in the field of social economics. Its focus is on the examination and analysis of the interaction between economic activity, individuals and communities. Social economics focuses on the relationship between social action and economies, and examines how social and ethical norms influence the behaviour of economic agents. It is inescapably normative and focuses on needs, rather than wants or preferences, and considers the wellbeing of individuals in communities: it accepts the possibility of a common good rather than conceiving of communities as merely aggregates of individual preferences and the problems of economics as coordinating those preferences. Therefore, contributions are invited which analyse and discuss well-being, welfare, the nature of the good society, governance and social policy, social and economic justice, social and individual economic motivation, and the associated normative and ethical implications of these as they express themselves in, for example, issues concerning the environment, labour and work, education, the role of families and women, inequality and poverty, health and human development.