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Do Foreign Remittances Matter in Attaining Zero Hunger?: Evidence From Rural Nigeria

Do Foreign Remittances Matter in Attaining Zero Hunger?: Evidence From Rural Nigeria

Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu, Rebecca Funmi Akinmulewo
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781799825999|ISBN10: 179982599X|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799826002|EISBN13: 9781799826019
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2599-9.ch012
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Obayelu, Oluwakemi Adeola, and Rebecca Funmi Akinmulewo. "Do Foreign Remittances Matter in Attaining Zero Hunger?: Evidence From Rural Nigeria." Developing Sustainable Food Systems, Policies, and Securities, edited by Abiodun Elijah Obayelu and Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 197-215. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2599-9.ch012

APA

Obayelu, O. A. & Akinmulewo, R. F. (2020). Do Foreign Remittances Matter in Attaining Zero Hunger?: Evidence From Rural Nigeria. In A. Obayelu & O. Obayelu (Eds.), Developing Sustainable Food Systems, Policies, and Securities (pp. 197-215). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2599-9.ch012

Chicago

Obayelu, Oluwakemi Adeola, and Rebecca Funmi Akinmulewo. "Do Foreign Remittances Matter in Attaining Zero Hunger?: Evidence From Rural Nigeria." In Developing Sustainable Food Systems, Policies, and Securities, edited by Abiodun Elijah Obayelu and Oluwakemi Adeola Obayelu, 197-215. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2599-9.ch012

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Abstract

Foreign remittance has remained a major source of income and a means to reduce hunger for many poor people in developing countries. The contribution of foreign remittances to food insecurity status of rural households in Nigeria was assessed using data from 2015/2016 Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). Food insecurity status was achieved using the household food insecurity access scale. Data were analysed using descriptive, ordered, and nested logit models. Female-headed households residing in south-east zone with 51 to 70 years old heads and more than six members had greater access to remittances but were severely food insecure. Drivers of food insecurity were age, gender, marital status, education of the household head, membership of cooperatives, access to extension, farm size and per capita income, and living in the north central geo-political zone. Foreign remittances had a positive effect on the food insecurity status of rural households.

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