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Assessing Farmers’ Household Food Insecurity Access Prevalence and Food Security Status in Southwest Nigeria

, 2021
A household is considered to be food secure when its occupants do not live-in hunger orfear of starvation. Prevalence of food insecurity is a major concern in Southwest Nigeria,most farm households live below the international standard.
Oluwatoyin Abosede, Falola
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Risk perceptions and risk management strategies among poultry farmers in south-west Nigeria

Cogent Social Sciences, 2021
The poultry industry contributes significantly to the development of Nigeria’s economy. Unfortunately, poultry farmers like other farmers are faced with a variety of income fluctuations arising from risks associated with the enterprise. Hence, this study
Abigail Gbemisola Adeyonu, Abiodun O. Otunaiya, Enoch O. Oyawoye, Funmilayo A. Okeniyi   +3 more
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From vulnerability to viability: Climate-Smart agriculture as drivers of productivity and food security in Nigerian maize-based farming households

Environmental Challenges
Climate change poses significant threats to agricultural productivity and food security in Nigeria, particularly among smallholder maize farmers in Southwest Nigeria, where erratic rainfall, droughts, and floods exacerbate vulnerability.
Adetomiwa Kolapo, Stefan Sieber
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Socioeconomic Burden of Malaria on Productivity of Rice Farmers in Rural Southwest, Nigeria

Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2014
Malaria is one of the commonest tropical diseases plaguing the African continent and the rural areas of the continent in particular. This study was carried out to examine the effect of malaria on the productivity of rice farmers in Southwest Nigeria. The data for this study were obtained from one hundred and fifty (150) rice farmers in Ogun State and ...
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Assessment of risk attitudes of smallholder farmers in south-west, Nigeria

Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment
All production is subjected to risk and uncertainty, but the risks associated with agricultural production are particularly salient. Diffusion of new technologies by smallholder farmers as well as outcomes of rural development programmes depends
Adegbite AO
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Entrepreneurship Processes and Small Farms Achievements: Empirical Analysis of Linkage

Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, 2015
Entrepreneurship process has been argued as opportunity-driven, creative, and resource-efficient, that could influence income generation of small farmers that adopted entrepreneurial skills and innovation into their farming operations.
Temidayo Gabriel Apata
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of abattoir workers about Taenia solium cysticercosis in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Natural Sciences Education, Volume 55, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract The tapeworm, Taenia solium, is the cause of cysticercosis, a neglected zoonotic disease that poses a significant global threat to animal and public health. Data were collected between May and June 2024 using a structured, interviewer‐administered questionnaire (n = 152) comprising demographic items and sections on knowledge, attitudes, and ...
Siziwe Sibutha, Charles Byaruhanga, Ishmael Festus Jaja   +2 more
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Efficiency Analysis of Fadama Food Crop Farmers in Southwest, Nigeria

The technical efficiency estimates of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries was less than one (or 100 percent) indicating that all the farmers were operating below the frontier. Technical efficiency indices of beneficiaries varied from a minimum of 78.4 percent to a maximum of 96.4 percent while that of non-beneficiaries lied between 41.2 percent and 89 ...
Oluwatunsin, Oluwatomi Festus, Petinrin, I. O, Bello, L. A.   +2 more
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Aosta Valley animal cancer registry: A collaborative initiative for monitoring cancer burden in animals

Veterinary Record Open, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract Background Animal cancer registry data are important for monitoring animal health, for prevention and research in veterinary medicine, and for comparative oncology. Since people and animals share the same environment and are exposed to many common risk factors, cancer patterns in animals may have a sentinel function for human health.
Claudio Trentin, Giulio Barigelletti, Caterina Abate, Giovanna Michela Villa, Emilio Bazzocchi, Lorenzo Domenis, Silvia Vuillermoz, Magda Giulia Santini, Barbara Avuzzi, Alessandro Borgini, Giovanna Tagliabue   +10 more
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Does seasonal vulnerability to poverty matter? A case study from the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Nigeria [PDF]

Applying research on vulnerability to seasonal data, we assess seasonal vulnerability to poverty using panel data from the Hadejia-Nguru Wetlands in Nigeria involving 260.
Waibel, Hermann, Chiwaula, Levison
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