Climate Change, Food And Nutrition Security Of Households In Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State

ABSTRACT

Climate change has a lot of effect on food and nutrition security in Nsukka local Government Area. The study was carried out to determine the effect of climate change on food and nutrition security of households in Nsukka Local Government area. The study was a cross sectional survey. The study involved four hundred households in Nsukka Local Government Area. The study showed that indicators such as flooding, drought, high sunshine intensity, and low sunshine intensity affects food and animal productions, thereby leading to poor yield and animal death. Food and nutritional security were determined using Food Security Survey Module, and food frequency questionnaire. The results shows that more than half (57.0%) of the households were mildly food insecure. Only 33.3% were food secured, and 9.8% were moderately food secured. There was a relationship between food security and climate change in Nsukka local government area. Food security had no relationship with climate change as there was no significant (p>0.05) relationship between food security and climate change indices. Thus there was significant (p>0.05) relationship among the climate change indices in Nsukka Local Government area. The government should integrate issues of climate change as well as adaptation strategies into the national development plan since the climate change risks is not only to agriculture development, but to the country’s general development and sustenance of the entire citizenry.