Apart from serving a biological need, food has become
an economic and political weapon (Omotayo and
Denloye, 2002; Agbamu, 2009). Issues of food security
and poverty have been recognized as necessary
conditions for the creation of a stable socio-political
environment for sustainable economic development
(Jibrin, 2004). It is, therefore, not surprising that
eradication of extreme poverty and hunger is one of the
eight millennium development goals set to be achieved
by 2015.