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| Assessment of Food Insecurity and Alleviating Poverty among Rural Households in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria
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Manoah, E. A., Binaebi, E. & Amadi, V. P.
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Abstract:
This study assessed food insecurity and alleviating poverty among rural households in Emohua Local Government Area Rivers State. It was designed to determine the effect of food insecurity on the wellbeing of rural household, identify the challenges facing the food security programme, and ascertain the factors for reducing food insecurity and alleviating poverty in the study. The sample size of 121 respondents were chosen from four different communities which were among the fourteen wards found in Emohua local government area using purposive sampling techniques. Data were collected with the use of structured questionnaire; data was analyzed using frequency, percentage and mean analysis. Findings from the study showed that the lack of farm land, fast paced population growth, natural disaster, climate change, conflict, violence and war were the major challenges facing the food security and also the leading factor for declining food production which is the main cause of poverty today in Emohua local government area. Also, adherence to reducing food wastage, improving existing infrastructural program, improve trade policies, promoting diversification, work towards defeating climate change, skill acquisition, education and access to governmental grants/funds in the study area were the major factor for reducing food insecurity and alleviating poverty in the study area. It was concluded that the effect of food insecurity on the wellbeing of rural household were malnutrition, hunger, increase in food price, unemployment, stunted growth, rise in health cost, kwashiorkor and lack of man power to till the soil. The study therefore recommends that Governments should provide funds/grants to assist the farmers who do not have capital to start up farming and more importantly the government and the community development committee should provide good crop/food storage facilities and modern markets which will help to reduce food wastage and accessible markets.
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