Underutilized Indigenous Vegetables (UIVs) for Dietary Diversity: Implications for food security in the era of Climate Change in Southwest Nigeria

Abstract

With resurgence in the importance of Underutilized Indigenous Vegetables (UIVs) in human nutrition, income generation and adaptation to climate change in South west Nigeria through NiCanVeg project, there is need to empirically validate the impact of the project on the dietary diversity of the participants. A multistage sampling technique will be employed to select 120 participants and 120 non-participants in the study area. The study will use a well-structured questionnaire to elicit information from the respondents. The data collected will be analysed using descriptive statistics, dietary diversity score, propensity score matching and logit regression. The study envisaged better dietary diversity score among the participants.