Effect of Livestock Agripreneurship on Rural Food Security in Irele Local Government Area, Ondo State, Nigeria

This study was on Livestock production and agripreneurship: A correlative assessment in rural food security in Irele LGA, Ondo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive design method. Random sampling was adopted to select one hundred and twenty (120) respondents, using a well structured questionnaire and personal interview. The data were analyzed using the SPSS version 22. The findings revealed that goat farming; Poultry; Piggery, fish farming and Sheep/Ram rearing were accepted as the major livestock agripreneurship activities in the study area. It is revealed that availability, stability, utilization, affordability and accessibility were at the borderline at 47.3%, 43.8%, 44.6%, 41.9% and 45.2% respectively adopting the Elliot (2014) food security scores, which implies that Irele LGA food security is slimly accepted through livestock agripreneurship. The analysis revealed that goat rearing, sheep rearing; poultry, fish farming, snail farming and piggery were slightly significant but positively related to food security. This implies that livestock agripreneurship is positively related to food security, though at minimal level. These activities should therefore, be encouraged so as to increase food production level. The study concluded that livestock agripreneurship slightly enhances food security in the study area, though this was hindered by several factors such as climate, personal interest, income, household size, etc. However, the study recommended that livestock agripreneurs should be encouraged through provision of incentives in the pursuit of large scale production for food security in the study area.