APPRAISAL OF SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSION IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR ENHANCED FOOD SECURITY IN NORTH-CENTRAL, NIGERIA
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appraisal, strategies, agricultural, education, curriculum, food, securityAbstract
This study appraise sustainable strategies for inclusion in agricultural education curriculum for enhanced food security in North-Central Nigeria. Four (4) specific objectives and research questions each guided the study. The study used the survey research design. The population was five thousand and forty (5,040) households. A sample size of one thousand and eight (1008) households was drawn from the population using the multi-stage procedure for sampling. The instrument for data collection was a 47-item structured questionnaire titled – Agricultural Education Curriculum and Food Security Questionnaire (AECFSQ) which had four point response options of Highly Important (HI), Moderately Important (MI), Slightly Important (SI) and Not Important (NI). The instrument was validated by three experts. The Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.89. The instrument was administered on the respondents by the researchers and four research assistants. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The study revealed that economic, social, environmental and technological strategies were required for improving agricultural education curriculum for enhanced food security. On the basis of the findings, there is an urgent need to improve the curriculum of agricultural education to position it on the path of sustainable food production and enhanced food security in North-Central Nigeria.
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