Socio-Economic Determinants Of Rural Household Food Security: Implications For Poverty Alleviation A Case Study Of Umuahia North L.G.A.

ABSTRACT

That a sixth of humanity goes hungry in a world where food is plentiful is an abiding disgrace. That hunger persists despite the many conferences and initiatives organized to Overcome it is a profound challenge to the development community." These were the words of Ismail Seragcldin at a conference in Overcoming Global hunger, hosted by the World Bank and held at the American University, Washington D.C., in 1993. Food is the most basic of our human needs. It is regrettable indeed that despite so much affluence in the world, SO many people go hungry. hunger is not. just a problem the developing countries face. The hungry arc found everywhere in- the North and in the South- and this need not be so. Overall, however, the number ot people in the world suffering from chronic hunger- roughly one in five- is regrettably and unnecessarily high (Masire, 1993).