Influence of Food Consumption on Food Production in Ibadan Oyo State

Abstract

Aims: The study determined the influence of food consumption on food production in Ibadan, Oyo State. It identified the predominant food produced; assessed the prevalent food consumption pattern; identified the underlying factors affecting food consumption, and determined the influence of food consumption patterns on food production in Ibadan, Oyo State. Study Design: The study employed public opinion survey. Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted in Ibadan Oyo state, Nigeria between June 2018 and December 2018. Methodology: Using the multistage sampling technique, data for the study were collected from a sample of two hundred and four (204) respondents. Results: The result revealed that the predominant food produced in Ibadan included cereals, roots and tubers, legumes and nuts, meat and dairy products, fruits and leafy vegetables. The result revealed that respondents’ consumption pattern is spread across all the food groups. Factors determining the consumption of food were identified to include increased food prices (178%), seasonality of some crop (201%), cultural believes (202%), religious believes (194), personal traits (176%), ease of preparation (108%), affordability (172%), income (198%), taste (161%), and availability (181%). The joint effect of the explanatory variable in the model account for 75.9% of the variations in the factors affecting the quantity of food produced. Given that the F- statistics of 214.440 is significant at 1% level of significance, and the computed F- value higher than the F-tabulated value of (1.94) at 5% level of significance, therefore, the hypothesis that food consumption patterns have significant influence on food production was accepted. Conclusion: The study thus concludes that food consumption patterns influences food production significantly in the study