The effects of weather, household assets, and safety-net programs on household food security in Ethiopia using rural household panel data

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 1095-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Ellis Hunnes
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Household Assets ◽  
Household Panel Data

Gender attributes of the impact of informal savings and loans associations on food security in rural Zimbabwe

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terrence Kairiza ◽  
George Kembo ◽  
Vengesai Magadzire ◽  
Asankha Pallegedara
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Food Consumption ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Savings And Loans ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Household Panel Data

PurposeIn the absence of well-developed financial markets, Informal Savings and Loans Associations (ISLAs) provide rural households with an alternative consumption coping mechanisms when confronted by transitory and seasonal food insecurity. The purpose of this study is to investigate the household food consumption coping strategies and gendered importance of ISLAs in improving household food security in rural Zimbabwe.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses household panel data on rural livelihoods from the 2019 and 2020 household surveys conducted by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC). Employing propensity score matching approach to cater for the self-selection bias associated with household ISLA membership, the study estimates average treatment effect of household ISLA membership on food security and gendered importance of the propensity of the household to engage in consumption coping strategies.FindingsResults shows that the ISLA membership increases household food security and reduces the household propensity to apply non-ISLA consumption coping mechanisms. Female-headed households with ISLA members are more able to increase food security as well as reduce reliance on non-ISLA consumption coping mechanisms than their male counterparts with ISLA members.Research limitations/implicationsUse of household dietary diversity score and food consumption score as two proxies to measure household food security.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on food consumption coping strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa using recent household panel data.

scholarly journals RURAL HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY IN KUDUS CENTRAL JAVA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 179
Author(s):  
Iin Endya Hannavi ◽  
Minar Ferichani ◽  
Ernoiz Antriyandarti ◽  
Susi Wuri Ani
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Household Food

Nonfarm employment and household food security: evidence from panel data for rural Cambodia

Food Security ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 703-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Truong Lam Do ◽  
Trung Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Ulrike Grote
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Nonfarm Employment

scholarly journals Determinants of Food Security Among Small-Scale Soybean Households in Butere Sub-County, Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 69 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 90-101
Author(s):  
Robert Ouko Gwada ◽  
Kevin Okoth Ouko ◽  
Zephaniah Ongaga Mayaka ◽  
Bandiougou Dembele
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Economic Market ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Household Food

SummaryFood and nutritional (in)security remain an important matter of concern, especially in developing countries. Despite the efforts to enhance food security among smallholder soybean households, the proportion of the undernourished population in Butere Sub-County still remains high for unknown reasons. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to examine the determinants of food security among smallholder soybean households in Butere Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted the exploratory research design. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select a sample of 201 respondents. Cross-sectional data were gathered through face-to-face interviews using pretested semi-structured questionnaires and analyzed using ordered logistic regression model. Household Food Insecurity Access Scale was used to measure and categorize the soybean household food (in)security status. The results revealed that the household food (in)security status differed across soybean households and was greatly influenced by an interplay of socio-economic, market, and institutional factors. Age of the household head negatively influenced food security, whereas the level of soybean commercialization, education, livestock units, network density, extension visits, and credit access were positively associated with household food security. The study recommends policy interventions that seek to ensure intensive literacy development, frequent extension and training, improved access to credit, and reinvestment in productive assets or inputs for increased production, commercialization and food security. Strengthening of social ties and increased allocation to safety net programs for the aged, vulnerable, and resource-poor households are also recommended.

scholarly journals Changes in household food security, access to health services, and income in northern Lao PDR during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer R Head ◽  
Phetsavanh Chanthavilay ◽  
Helen Catton ◽  
Ammaline Vongsitthi ◽  
Kelley Khamphouxay ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Food Prices ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Access To Health Services ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Needs

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to exacerbate food insecurity in low and middle-income countries, through loss of income and disrupted food supply chains. Lao PDR has among the highest rates of malnutrition in Southeast Asia. We assessed the relative difficulty in meeting food needs during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural districts of Luang Prabang Province, Lao PDR compared to before; determined associations between pandemic-associated difficulties in food access and household, maternal and child food security; and identified resiliency-promoting strategies. Methods: In November 2020, households (N = 1,122) with children under five years were interviewed. Respondents reported the relative ease of access of food and health care as well as changes in income and expenditures compared to before March 2020. We used generalized linear models with cluster robust standard errors to assess univariate and multivariate associations. Results: Nearly four-fifths (78.5%) found it harder to meet household food needs during the pandemic. The most common reasons were increased food prices (51.2%), loss of income (45.3%), and decreased food availability (36.6%). Adjusting for demographics, households with increased difficulty meeting food needs had lower food consumption scores and child dietary diversity. Over 85% of households lost income during the pandemic. Decreased expenditures was associated with reliance on more extreme coping strategies to meet food needs. The households who experienced no change in meeting food needs produced a greater percentage of their food from homegrown methods (4.22% more, 95% CI: 1.28, 7.15), than households who found it more difficult. We estimated that decreases in child bodyweight by 0.5 - 1% would increase wasting in this population by 1.7 - 2.1 percentage points. Conclusions: Pandemic-associated shocks may have large effects on malnutrition prevalence. Action is needed to mitigate consequences of the pandemic on nutrition. Local food production and safety net programs that offset income losses may help.

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