Agricultural Marketing and Sustainable Household Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

This paper assessed if agricultural marketing activities – assembling and grading, transportation, storage and distribution channels have made any appreciable impact on food security in the area of food availability, accessibility, utilization and stability in Sub-Saharan Africa using evidence from Nigeria. In the explanatory research design, we adopted both descriptive and inferential statistics to answer the four research questions. Primary data was generated from a sample of 800 respondents selected across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria using multiple sampling techniques. Results from logistic regression analysis model show that agricultural marketing activities have made significant impacts on food security in Nigeria. The study concluded that any increase in the activities of Agricultural marketing affects food security directly and the common household either benefit or suffer for it. Hence, the study recommended that partnership between the government and private sector should ensure that enabling environment are created for sustainable agricultural marketing by improving on rural access road proper management of oil prices, provision of storage facilities as well as checking distribution channels.