| Summary: | Agriculture is an important tool for reducing the effects of household food
insecurity, unemployment and poverty which are major problems in urban areas
in Nigeria. Food insecurity continues to worsen in some urban areas of the
country and many households resulted into urban farming as a means of coping.
The study investigated the effect of urban household farming on food security
status in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria. Primary data was collected
for the study using structured questionnaire. Two-stage sampling technique
was employed for this study. The first stage involved the random selection of
two urban local government areas from Ibadan metropolis. This was followed
with the selection of 110 urban farming households from these local
government areas. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics,
Foster-Greer-Thorbecke and probit regression. Results showed that sex, years
of schooling, marital status, household size, access to extension agent,
hired labour and type of farming enterprises are determinants of food
security. The study recommends the policies that make extension services
accessible to urban farmers and also skills development among others.
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