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The study addressed flood-induced food insecurity and coping strategies in agrarian South-eastern Nigeria. Data were collected from 400 households in 8 communities. Food (in)security was measured using Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) and 92.8% households were found to be food insecure. The most adopted coping strategies were compromising food quantity and quality namely; skipping meals; reducing meal frequency and reducing meal portion size in descending order. The study revealed a gender-based disparity in coping strategies adopted between female- and male-headed households and this has been linked to income and asset poverty gaps including differential household food insecurity levels. The coping strategies adopted were self-devised strategies that provided short-term means of survival in times of food shortages. Thus, policy measures, such as social security and food safety nets that are sustainable are recommended to reduce vulnerability to flood-induced food insecurity, thereby improving adaptation to help achieve Goal 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globally, there is a gap in financial inclusion between men and women. Bridging this gap is imperative considering the impact of women's financial inclusion on poverty eradication, household socioeconomic development, and attainment of related Sustainable Development Goals. In line with the Nigerian government's efforts at scaling up financial inclusion and bridging the gender gap, this study assessed the level of women's financial inclusion in Nigeria. It hypothesized that correlates vary between urban and rural Nigeria. Data from 36,601 women aged 18 to 49 were extracted from the 2018 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey. The data were analyzed at univariate, bivariate, and multivariate levels. Results show the prevalence of women's financial inclusion at 20.7%, 18.5%, and 22.2% at the national, urban, and rural levels, respectively. Women without education, whose husbands also had no education, and the poor were more financially included in rural areas but least in urban areas (p < 0.05). Education, wealth, and religion were significant correlates of financial inclusion in rural areas (p < 0.05), but not in urban areas. Therefore, strategies to scale women's financial inclusion should be cognizant of the rural-urban differentials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]