The aim of this study is to evaluate integrated urban micro farming as
complementary strategy for mitigating against food crises in Odeda Local
Government Area in Ogun State Nigeria by describing the socioeconomic
characteristics of the respondents, examine their incidence of food crises, identify
factors responsible for food insecurity and identify and describe integrated urban
micro farming activities in the study area. Out of about 120 urban and periurban
farmers who were involved in urban farming activities eighty (80)
respondents were randomly selected Primary data were collected from the
respondents with the aid of semi-structured questionnaire and interview- guide.
The data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics such as percentages,
frequencies and tables were used to achieve the stated objectives. The result
shows that about 62% engage in integrated farming while majority (41%) of the
respondents’ level of income is between N60,000 and N100,000 and 69%
respondents indicated that their households’ size was between 6-10 persons.
About 60% of the respondents experiences food crises. Also about 11% of the
food crises in the study area were as a result of high rate of land lease for city
development and 26% was as a result of inadequate credit facilities while the
major (37%) cause resulted from rapid rural/urban migration. The study
concluded that urban micro farming serves as buffer for provision of food to the
ever growing teeming population in the cities It was therefore recommended that
If micro integrated farming potential is to be exploited to the full, government, the
municipalities and the private sector should be involved by making land available
both within the city centres and the fringes. There should also be injection of
micro loans for urban farmers and favourable policies about urban and peri-urban
agriculture should evolve to aid food production.