EXAMINING HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA
Adamu Idi, Adams Yusuf Jibrin, Haruna Usman Photos , Sanusi Abubakar , Dahiru Muhammed and Yusuf Kurya Benjamin
Volume 9 Issue 2
Abstract
The outbreak of covid-19 pandemic in the late 2019, has threaten the global food security which serve as serious threat to the achievement of the sustainable development goal. the study examines the determinants of household food security during covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria using covid-19 national longitudinal high frequency phone survey 2020 of the World Bank, where logistic regression model was employed to analyse the data. It was revealed from the result that factors such as age of household head, level of education, marital status, being a farmer, having other businesses than farming, formally employed and receiving food assistance increase the likelihood of household food security. While age square, household size, residing in the urban area, reduction in income, and covid-19 restriction were more likely to increase the risk of household food security. It was concluded that covid-19 pandemic has significant negative impact on household food security in Nigeria. The study recommend that government being the major stakeholder should double its efforts of providing food assistance and putting in place favorable policies that encourage household to embrace farming, which could be done through the provision of subsidies farming input and ensuring that it reached the target beneficiaries, there is need for household to diversify their source of income by learning various skills that serve as shock absorber when there is a sudden shock in the economy. Keyword: Covid-19, Food Security, Household, Logistic Regression.
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