Browsing by Author "Jimoh, O"

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    EFFECT OF CONTRACT FARMING ON POULTRY FARMING HOUSEHOLDS FOOD SECURITY IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
    (2019-01-12) Adebisi, L.O; Jimoh, O; Asuquo, J; Osasona, K.K; Ojediran, E.O
    This study analyzed the effect of contract farming on food security of poultry households in Osun State, Nigeria. Primary data were used for the study and two stage sampling technique was used in selecting 180 households comprising of 90 contract and 90 non-contract farming households. A structured questionnaire was used for the purpose of extracting needed information from the farmers. Data were analyzed using Food Security Index, Propensity Score Matching and Likert scale. The results showed that the contract farming households were more food secured (76.9%) than the non-contract farming households (46.8%). The effect of contract farming on the households that participated shows that the calorie intake increased (p < 0.05) on the average by 1047 kCal/AE/day. This shows that the program has positive impact on the Target Group. The constraints to contract farming in the study area includes: Deferred payment on the part of contract firm, no reimbursement in case of production failure, bridge of agreement, biased terms, cheating, high defaulting rate. The study therefore recommends that there should be interest payment for delay in payment to farmers as part of the agreement to curb the issue of intentional delay of payment by the contracting firms and that agreement on risk sharing in case of failures in production should be included in the agreements so as to protect the farmer from being too vulnerable.
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    EFFECT OF SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION SCHEME ON FOOD SECURITY OF FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
    (Published by Federal University Dutsin-Ma., 2018-12-02) Jimoh, O; Adebisi, L.O; Osasona, K.K; Alalade, O.A; Olaoye, I.J; Aloga-Omale, R
    In recent times, the global focus has been on eradicating food insecurity. Various international organizations and governments of developing nations through schemes that enhance food production have made their contributions. This study focused on the assessment of the effect of small scale irrigation scheme on food security of farming households in Kwara State, Nigeria. Primary data was used for the study. Using a two stage random sampling, three (3) Local Government Areas were randomly selected from the twelve (12) local governments that have irrigation project under the Lower Niger River Basin were randomly selected in the first stage. Thirty (30) irrigation and non irrigation farming households were each randomly selected in each Local Government Area for the study. A total of 180 households were used for the study. A structured questionnaire was used to collect useful information from the respondents. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics, logistic regression, food security index and 4-pointLikert type scale. The results showed that adoption of irrigation Scheme is significantly affected by age, household size, years of schooling, farm size, farm income, farming experience, access to extension service and membership in farmers Association. The result also showed that about 78.5% and 53.8% of the irrigation and non irrigation farming households are food secure respectively. The effect of irrigation on the farming households that adopted the scheme revealed an average increase of 1157 kcal/AE/day calorie intake. The constraints faced in accessing the irrigation scheme were inadequate awareness of the scheme, cost of irrigation water, distance to irrigation site, unfairness of water distribution, inadequate government supports, and enforcement of cropping pattern.
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    Labour, delivery and perinatal outcomes of women with advanced maternal age: A comparative study.
    (The publication of University of Tripoli, Alahlia-Libya., 2022-03-02) Ezeoke, GG; Fawole, A.A; Bakare, Tola; Ogunlaja, OO; Jimoh, O; Adeniran, AS
    Background: Although advanced maternal age (AMA) has been identified as a risk factor for adverse obstetric outcomes, research efforts continue to gather evidence to describe the relationship. Methods: This was a comparative study conducted at a tertiary health facility. Participants were pregnant women who delivered after viability (28 weeks gestation) at the facility over a ten year period categorized into those with advanced maternal age (>35 years) and younger women (≤35 years). The source of data was the hospital delivery records; data analysis was performed with SPSS version 21.0 while p-value <0.05 was significant. Results: The prevalence of AMA was 8.8% (761/8645), 18 (2.4%) were nulliparous, 351 (46.1%) had tertiary education, 196 (25.8%) had inter-pregnancy interval >24 months while 66 (8.7%) had preterm delivery. AMA was associated with significantly higher occurrence of obstructed labour (204 vs. 129; p0.001) and primary postpartum haemorrhage (208 vs. 123; p0.001). Onset of labour (OR 95%CI [0.470, 0.063-3.493]; p0.450), augmentation of labour (OR 95%CI [0.969, 0.830-1.132]; p0.695) and need for episiotomy (OR 95%CI [1.116, 0.955-1.303]; p0.166) were not statistically different for AMA compared to younger women. The caesarean section rates were 40.0% for AMA and 23.7% for younger women while perinatal mortality rates were 391/1,000 for AMA and 110/1,000 live births for younger women. Conclusion: Pregnancy outcome in women with AMA was poorer with about twice the caesarean section rate and thrice the perinatal mortality rate compared to younger women. Therefore, efforts should be made to limit pregnancy in women with AMA.