Measuring food security status among households in Osun State, Nigeria

Fawole W. O., ÖZKAN B., Ayanrinde F. A.

BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL, cilt.118, sa.7, ss.1554-1567, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 118 Sayı: 7
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1108/bfj-11-2015-0425
  • Dergi Adı: BRITISH FOOD JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1554-1567
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Food security, Calorie, Osun
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the food security status of 150 households in Osun state of Nigeria. The study area was chosen because relatively little energy consumption data are available concerning this geographical location.