State Policy And Food Security In Nigeria: A Comparative Study Of The Agricultural Practices In Edo State

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground of the StudyFood security has become an issue of global concern in recent times. Nigeria with her huge endowed natural and human resources is not spared. In Nigeria, food accounts for a larger and increasing share of family budgets for majority of rural and urban families. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO, 2008), an agency of the United Nations once raised alarm that Nigeria food situation was in dire straits.State involvement in agriculture in Nigeria dates back to the colonial era, which marked the beginning of direct government involvement in agr…