Journal of Agriculture & Education Research
- ISSN: 3065-8764
Samson Olayemi Sennuga, Grace Oluwaseun Ojewole, Joseph Bamidele, Funso O. Alabuja, Rukayat Orire Abdulahi, Mary E. Iheonu and Mary Adanna Chinwuba
This study is based on Women Participation in Household Food Security Ogbomoso South Local Government, Oyo State, Nigeria. A multistage simple random technique was used to select one hundred and twenty (120) women farmers from (4) wards randomly chosen in the study area, Primary Data was used for the collection with the aid of Semi-Structured questionnaire comprises of both closed and open-ended questions. Four Objectives guide this study altogether, Descriptive statistics was used through primary data to analyzed the data. The result shows that 24.2% of the respondent age are between 40-49 years , that respondent are in their active age, about 50.8% were married, about 33.3% of the respondent had no idea or knowledge on education( Non Formal), about 50.0% of the respondent practice farming as main work, 54.2% of the respondent feed thrice a day( Implies that women put enough effort in playing a tangible role in enhancing food security in the Household), 41.7% of the respondent focus on crop production.,64.2% of the respondent has Low visit experience from the extension agent and affect their means of cultivation High price of Food occur in the study area due to rate of Insecurity in the country( Farmers are hindered from going to farm). The major problems encounter during their day-to-day activities were High price of food, Lack of effective or adequate machineries, lack of access to credit, Inadequate capital to purchase enough food, Inadequate storage facilities, lack of unity within household, Harmful effect of pest, Limited finance for balance diet. The study concluded that measures that will enhance household food security should be promoted in each community according to their resources, population, needs and want.