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    The role of rural women farmers in household food security in Cross River State, Nigeria

    2015
    Women play a key role in ensuring food security, yet in Nigeria rural women farmers have suffered long-term marginalisation in the nation’s affairs. In light of this fact, this study seeks to determine and better understand the roles rural women farmers play as household food producers, as conservators of agrobiodiversity, and as food processors in the Cross River State.
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    Sustainable food security: re-igniting Nigeria's economy via systems strengthening

    2015
    The use of ‘systems strengthening’ can help achieve food and nutrition security, contribute to growing a more sustainable economy, and better respond to inherent systemic challenges. That is the argument of this topic brief, presented in a Nigerian context.
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    ORIE Nigeria Gender Synthesis Report: Gender-related findings across ORIE studies (Year Three)

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Gender inequality and child mortality, morbidity and malnutrition are inextricably linked. Data collected in ORIE’s research and evaluation studies throw light on the links between the low status and autonomy of women, low uptake of nutrition services, and poor child health outcomes, in four states of Northern Nigeria.
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    Prevalence of and risk factors for stunting among school children and adolescents in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2011
    Stunting adversely affects the physical and mental outcome of children. The objectives of the study are to determine the prevalence of and risk factors associated with stunting among urban school children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Five hundred and seventy children aged 5-19 years were selected using the multi-stage random-sampling technique.
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    Wheat consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: trends, drivers, and policy implications

    Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2012
    Staple grain consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is rising at the same time that the region is becoming more dependent on imported staples. This paper discusses the potential dilemmas posed by SSA’s increasing reliance on imported staples, and examines the pros and cons of various options for African countries to meet their staple grain needs.
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    Gender inequality and maternal and child nutrition in Northern Nigeria

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    This summary provides an overview of how gender inequality impacts maternal and child nutrition in Northern Nigeria.
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    Impact of climate change on food security in Nigeria

    AFRREV STECH: An International Journal of Science and Technology, 2014
    This journal article is aimed at examining, through literature search, the impact of climate change on food security in Nigeria with a view to making suggestions on strategies to mitigate the impact of climate change on the environment generally and food security in particular.
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    Climate Variability and its Implications on Rural Household Food Security in Nigeria

    International Centre for Integrated Development Research, 2013
    This study explores climate variability and its implications on rural household food security in Nigeria. The main aim is the assessment of the impact of the below normal rainfall and drought on food security in Nigeria.
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    Effects of climate change on poultry production in Ondo State, Nigeria

    2013
    Poultry plays a vital economic, nutritional and socio-cultural role in the livelihood of rural households in many developing countries. This study assessed the effects of climate change on poultry production in Ondo State, Nigeria. 83 poultry farmers were interviewed to elicit relevant information and descriptive statistics. Inferential statistical tools were used for data analysis.
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    A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria

    Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013
    This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for their optimum performance. Therefore, decreasing and/or irregular rainfall patterns threaten food security in the state.

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