RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION COPING STRATEGIES IN LOW- INCOME HOUSEHOLDS OF FEDERAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

📄 Project Abstract

Food is a basic human need and the major source of nutrients needed for human existence. Food is important to humans because it is a basic means of sustenance and its adequate intake is required for optimal human living. Human beings need food to grow and carry out their daily activities, and therefore need these foods in both quantity and quality for healthy and productive life. The committees on World Food Security (1996) defined food security as a situation in which people at all time have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary need and food preferences for active healthy life. This implies that people at all levels must have enough food to eat at all times, and these foods must be safe from all contaminations, must be adequate and have varieties for a healthy life. Omonoma and Adetokumbo (2007) observed that the concept of food security was given a general definition, but recently there has been a divergence of ideas on what food ...