Evaluation of the Role of Local Government in Promoting Food Security in Ebonyi State:: A study of Ohaukwu Local Government Area

Abstract

This study examinedS the Role of Local Government in Promoting Food Security for in Ebonyi State: A Study of Ohaukwu Local Government Area” aimed to determine the extent to which local government has promoted food availability in Ebonyi State; to ascertain the extent local government has promoted food accessibility in Ebonyi State; and to determine how local government has promoted food affordability in Ebonyi State. For the purpose of this study, a descriptive survey design was adopted. The population of this study is 298,592 which was reduced to a sample size of 400. Data for this study were collected from primary source. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire instrument structured. This study mean and standard deviation tables to analyze data collected from the field survey while Person Correlation Method was applied for testing of the hypothesis that guided the study using Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Findings revealed that Local government has promoted food availability in Ebonyi State; local government has promoted food accessibility in Ebonyi State; local government has promoted food affordability in Ebonyi State. The study recommended that local government should invest more in agriculture to promote food availability in Ebonyi State. There is need for more funding of local government to promote food accessibility in Ebonyi State. Local government should regulate the prices of foods in order to promote food affordability in Ebonyi State.