Home Gardening, A Panacea For Sustainable Household Food Security: A Case Study Of Sence Agric Home Garden Club In Nigeria

Title:	Home Gardening, A Panacea For Sustainable Household Food Security: A Case Study Of Sence Agric Home Garden Club In Nigeria
Author(s):	Ekine D.I., Isikima T., & Okuduwor A.A
Abstract:	The study evaluated the contribution of home gardening to household food security, using Sence Agric Home Garden Club as a case study. Simple random sampling was used to select a total of 93 respondents for the study. The data for the study was collected using a well-structured questionnaire. The data was analysed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, and percentages. Regression analysis was also used. The results showed that home gardening in the study area was female dominated (84.9%) and majority of the home gardeners were married (78.5%) and (34.4%) were within the ages of 31-40 years. Furthermore, (68.8%) had a household size of 1-5 persons and (97.8%) had tertiary level of education. The coefficient of multiple determination R2 was 0.621, cost of garden inputs, years of experience, level of education and household size were significant at p
Keywords:	Panacea, Home Gardening, Food Security, Household
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