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Item Rural dwellers’ knowledge of nutrition and their food consumption pattern in Oyo State(2009-01) Meludu, N. T.; Ajibade, O. Y.Lack of knowledge of available foods and their nutritional and health attributes result in inappropriate feeding practices causing malnutrition and associate problems. This study assessed rural dwellers’ knowledge of nutrition and their food consumption pattern in order to develop strategies for creating awareness on the issues of better nutrition. Three rural local government areas in Oyo state were purposively selected, out of which two wards were randomly selected from each local government area making a total of six wards. One head of household was picked from each household making a total of 156 respondents. Frequencies, percentages, Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) were used to describe and analyze the data. The descriptive statistics showed that the main income generating activity was farming with the average income of less than N12, 000.00 per month.. Chi-square test also showed that income (χ2 =8.292, P= 0.009) is significantly related to animal protein consumption pattern, while education has significant relationship with carbohydrate ( χ2 =16.259, P = 0.039) and vitamin (χ2 = 15.860, P = 0.044) consumption.. Finally Chi-square test revealed that there is significant relationship between constraint to adequate feeding and consumption pattern of plant protein (χ2 = 6.863, P = 0.033), animal protein (χ2 = 10.342, P = 0.039) and vitamin (χ2 = 10.243, P = 0.037). Carbohydrate based foods were the major consumed foods by the rural dwellers with few protein and insufficient vitamin. Therefore daily intake of fruits, leafy vegetables as well as other nutrients should be encouraged for proper functioning of the body system and healthy living, through nutrition awareness programme.Item Food security among cocoa farming households of Ondo State, Nigeria(APRN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, 2009) Oluyole, K. A.; Oni, O. A.; Omonona, B. T.; Adenegan, K. O."In Nigeria, it has been documented that cocoa farmers devote most of their resources toward cocoa production at the detriment of food crop production because they derive more income from cocoa. There is, however, a dearth of information about the consequence of this practice on the food security status of cocoa farming households. In this study, the food security status of cocoa farming households of Ondo State, Nigeria was examined. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 200 respondent households from the study area in 2007. Information was collected from the respondents with the aid of structured questionnaire and the data obtained from the information were analyzed using Descriptive statistics, Food Security Index, Surplus/Shortfall Index and Probit model. The food security line was N2500.50 per month per adult equivalent. Based on this, 43% of the total sampled households were food secure while 57% were food insecure. Food secure households exceeded the calorie requirements by 12% while food insecure households fell short of calorie requirements by 9%. A unit increase in farming experience of household head (p<0.05), output of roots and tubers (p<0.05), output of cereals (p<0.05) and output of cocoa (p<0.01) increases the probability of household to be food secure by 0.0088, 0.00021, 0.000087 and 0.00049, respectively while a unit increase in household size (p<0.01) and age square of household head (p<0.1) decreases the probability of household to be food secure by 0.23 and 0.000074, respectively. A high percentage of households was food insecure, hence, cocoa farming households in the study area could be said to be food insecure "Item Food security among cocoa farming households of Ondo State, Nigeria(ARPN Journal of Agricultural and Biological Science, 2009) Oluyole, K. A.; Oni, O. A.; Omonona, B. T.; Adenegan, K. O."In Nigeria, it has been documented that cocoa farmers devote most of their resources toward cocoa production at the detriment of food crop production because they derive more income from cocoa. There is, however, a dearth of information about the consequence of this practice on the food security status of cocoa farming households. In this study, the food security status of cocoa farming households of Ondo State, Nigeria was examined. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 200 respondent households from the study area in 2007. Information was collected from the respondents with the aid of structured questionnaire and the data obtained from the information were analyzed using Descriptive statistics, Food Security Index, Surplus/Shortfall Index and Probit model. The food security line was N2500.50 per month per adult equivalent. Based on this, 43% of the total sampled households were food secure while 57% were food insecure. Food secure households exceeded the calorie requirements by 12% while food insecure households fell short of calorie requirements by 9%. A unit increase in farming experience of household head (p<0.05), output of roots and tubers (p<0.05), output of cereals (p<0.05) and output of cocoa (p<0.01) increases the probability of household to be food secure by 0.0088, 0.00021, 0.000087 and 0.00049, respectively while a unit increase in household size (p<0.01) and age square of household head (p<0.1) decreases the probability of household to be food secure by 0.23 and 0.000074, respectively. A high percentage of households was food insecure, hence, cocoa farming households in the study area could be said to be food insecure. "