Edafe Oluwatosin D, Osabuohien Evans, Matthew Oluwatoyin, Olurinola Isaiah, Edafe Joel, Osabohien Romanus
Department of Economics & Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Centre for Economic Policy & Development Research (CEPDeR), Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria.
Heliyon. 2023 Sep 7;9(9):e19941. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19941. eCollection 2023 Sep.
The study examines how large-scale agricultural land investments (LIs) affect household food security in Nigeria. It is one of the few studies in Nigeria that offers new empirical insights into household food security. Precisely, it unravels how LIs affect the livelihood outcomes of households in communities where LIs operate compared to households in communities without such LIs. This study engages the mixed methods of analysis involving quantitative and qualitative techniques. The quantitative data is drawn from the Living Standards Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) utilising the Logistic regression technique. The qualitative aspect of this study involved fieldwork conducted in two distinct Nigerian states: Kwara State, situated in the North-Central region, and Ogun State, located in the South-West region. The qualitative findings further enrich the quantitative findings. It also helped to investigate the nature of jobs households engaged in and also the employment density of the investors' farms which could not be done using the national representative data (LSMS). The results indicate that households in communities without land investments have 0.2% higher likelihood of being more food secure than households in communities with land investments and it is significant at 5%. The qualitative analysis reveals several key insights, including the observation that female headed households in communities with LIs are less likely to be food secure, receive less wages, and spend more time in communities with LIs. Government should put in place policies (for example, compensation policies) that will ensure that land deals are properly monitored and structured to benefit and protect the host communities. If the government fails to properly regulate land deals, rural people will always suffer. Also, they should monitor and control the activities, and the type of crops grown in investment farms so that land investments can bring about the desired benefits such as improvement in household livelihood and enhance food security in the communities where they exist.
该研究考察了大规模农业土地投资（LIs）如何影响尼日利亚的家庭粮食安全。这是尼日利亚为数不多的几项能为家庭粮食安全提供新实证见解的研究之一。确切地说，它揭示了与没有此类土地投资的社区中的家庭相比，土地投资如何影响有土地投资的社区中家庭的生计成果。本研究采用了包括定量和定性技术在内的混合分析方法。定量数据取自生活水平测量研究——农业综合调查（LSMS - ISA），并运用了逻辑回归技术。本研究的定性部分涉及在尼日利亚两个不同的州进行的实地调查：位于中北部地区的夸拉州和位于西南部地区的奥贡州。定性研究结果进一步丰富了定量研究结果。它还有助于调查家庭所从事工作的性质以及投资者农场的就业密度，而这些是使用全国代表性数据（LSMS）无法做到的。结果表明，没有土地投资的社区中的家庭比有土地投资的社区中的家庭粮食更安全的可能性高0.2%，且在5%的水平上具有显著性。定性分析揭示了几个关键见解，包括观察到有土地投资的社区中女性户主家庭粮食安全的可能性较低、工资较低且在有土地投资的社区花费更多时间。政府应制定政策（例如补偿政策），以确保对土地交易进行适当监管和规范，使东道社区受益并得到保护。如果政府未能妥善监管土地交易，农村人口将始终受苦。此外，政府应监测和控制投资农场的活动以及种植的作物类型，以便土地投资能带来预期的好处，如改善家庭生计并增强其所在社区的粮食安全。
