Global Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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• Research Article   
  Food is Inevitable but the Land is Mismanaged: Exploring the Impacts of Local Actors Utilization of Land Resources on Food Security in Nigeria
  Author(s): Fajobi Tolulope Adetayo*, Raheem Olalekan Akeem and Olajide Francis
  
  Land is a sine qua non of human existence, and has been conceived as integral and most valuable resources, which are indispensable for human development. Hitherto, in spite of massive land space and fertile soil, land mismanagement constitutes a serious challenge to the attainment of sustainable food security in Nigeria. Ostensibly, the increased level of food importation in the country is a function of a number of factors from inadvertent mismanagement of land resources by local actors The study explores the extent of involvement of local actors in utilization of land resources on food security. It also assess the challenges of land mismanagement on food security, and examines the influences of land mismanagement on rural-urban migration vis-à-vis food insecurity in Nigeria. Sustainable Land Management and Marxism theories were engaged. Descriptive research design was engaged,.. View more»
  

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