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<p>The study addressed flood-induced food insecurity and coping strategies in agrarian South-eastern Nigeria. Data were collected from 400 households in 8 communities. Food (in)security was measured using Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) and 92.8% households were found to be food insecure. The most adopted coping strategies were compromising food quantity and quality namely; skipping meals; reducing meal frequency and reducing meal portion size in descending order. The study revealed a gender-based disparity in coping strategies adopted between female- and male-headed households and this has been linked to income and asset poverty gaps including differential household food insecurity levels. The coping strategies adopted were self-devised strategies that provided short-term means of survival in times of food shortages. Thus, policy measures, such as social security and food safety nets that are sustainable are recommended to reduce vulnerability to flood-induced food insecurity, thereby improving adaptation to help achieve Goal 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.</p>
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The study addressed flood-induced food insecurity and coping strategies in agrarian South-eastern Nigeria. Data were collected from 400 households in 8 communities. Food (in)security was measured using Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) and 92.8% households were found to be food insecure. The most adopted coping strategies were compromising food quantity and quality namely; skipping meals; reducing meal frequency and reducing meal portion size in descending order. The study revealed a gender-based disparity in coping strategies adopted between female- and male-headed households and this has been linked to income and asset poverty gaps including differential household food insecurity levels. The coping strategies adopted were self-devised strategies that provided short-term means of survival in times of food shortages. Thus, policy measures, such as social security and food safety nets that are sustainable are recommended to reduce vulnerability to flood-induced food insecurity, thereby improving adaptation to help achieve Goal 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

Flood-induced food insecurity and coping strategies: A gender-based analysis of agrarian households in South-eastern Nigeria

Department of Geography, Faculty of the Social Sciences

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

GeoScape

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The study addressed flood-induced food insecurity and coping strategies in agrarian South-eastern Nigeria. Data were collected from 400 households in 8...

Flood-induced food insecurity and coping strategies: A gender-based analysis of agrarian households in South-eastern Nigeria

Published Online: Jun 15, 2023

Page range: 20 - 33

Received: Apr 25, 2022

Accepted: Feb 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2023-0002

Keywords
Food security, Household, Nigeria, Coping strategies, Gender, Flood-induced

© 2023 Thecla Iheoma Akukwe et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Flood-induced food insecurity and coping strategies: A gender-based analysis of agrarian households in South-eastern Nigeria

Published Online: Jun 15, 2023

Page range: 20 - 33

Received: Apr 25, 2022

Accepted: Feb 05, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2023-0002

KeywordsFood security, Household, Nigeria, Coping strategies, Gender, Flood-induced

© 2023 Thecla Iheoma Akukwe et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Food security, Household, Nigeria, Coping strategies, Gender, Flood-induced