Impact of Ethiopia's productive safety net program on household food security and child nutrition: A marginal structural modeling approach

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.

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

10.1101/2021.07.27.21261221 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer R Head ◽

Phetsavanh Chanthavilay ◽

Helen Catton ◽

Ammaline Vongsitthi ◽

Kelley Khamphouxay ◽

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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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085: EXPOSURE TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS: IMPACTS ON HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND CHILD NUTRITION IN THE PHILIPPINES

10.1136/bmjopen-2015-forum2015abstracts.85 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Erlidia Flores Llamas-Clark

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Child Nutrition ◽

Extreme Weather ◽

The Philippines ◽

Extreme Weather Events ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Household Food ◽

Weather Events

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The Impact of Productive Safety Net Program on the Household Food Security: The Case of Kutaber District

European Business & Management ◽

10.11648/j.ebm.20200601.12 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 10

Author(s):

Andualem Kassegn Amede

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Safety Net ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Household Food ◽

The Impact

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

Regional Environmental Change ◽

10.1007/s10113-014-0680-2 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (6) ◽

pp. 1095-1104 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

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

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Small-scale irrigation and its effect on food security of rural households in North-West Ethiopia: A comparative analysis

Ethiopian Journal of Science and Technology ◽

10.4314/ejst.v13i1.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 31-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Beneberu Assefa Wondimagegnhu ◽

Biazin Alemu Bogale

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Crop Production ◽

Rural Households ◽

Safety Net ◽

Balance Model ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Small Scale ◽

Household Food ◽

Small Scale Irrigation

Agriculture is a limiting factor for food security in Ethiopia as more than 80% of the population depends on it for livelihoods. In many parts of the country, the frequency and distribution of rainfall and the principal source of water for crop production are getting more unreliable and inadequate and frequent droughts, make irrigation farming indispensable. Despite the high potential for irrigation, the study area remained to be one of the food insecure districts in the region and currently it is supported by the productive safety net program. Information is also missing on the extent to which households who have access to irrigation produce more than those who depend on rainfed agriculture. The study contributes to a comparative analysis of the effect of small scale irrigation. The aim of the study was to analyze the effect of small scale irrigation on the food security of rural households. Data were collected from 185 randomly selected rural households in the Goncha-SisoEnesie district of northwest Ethiopia. Descriptive analysis, household food balance model and binary logit regression were employed as tools of data analysis. The result revealed that out of all sampled households, 74% were food secured and 26% were not. The gap in food calorie availability was high ranging from 753-6659 kcal/adult equivalent/day in the study area. Out of 84 irrigation users, 84.5% of them were food secured; whereas only 65.3% of the total 101 non-irrigation users were food secured. In this study, household size, farmland size, access to irrigation, access to credit services, and income from rainfed crop production were the determinant factors of household food security. Small scale irrigation had a direct and indirect positive effect on enhancing household food security status. Thus, the concerned development partners and policymakers should consider the promotion and expansion of irrigated farming in the area.

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Study the Relationship between Selective Characteristics of Farmers and Their Practicing Coping Strategies towards Household Food Security during Flood Period

Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies ◽

10.9734/ajess/2021/v23i130547 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 49-57

Author(s):

M. E. Haque ◽

M. N. Islam ◽

M. A. Majid ◽

M. R. Islam ◽

M. Y. Uddin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Safety Net ◽

Personal Attributes ◽

Household Food Security ◽

Organizational Participation ◽

Household Food ◽

Administrative Unit ◽

Flood Period ◽

The Relationship

A study was carried out at flood affected reverine villages of three upazilas (small administrative unit) under Jamalpur district in Bangladesh during September, 2011 to May, 2012 to explore the relationship, contribution and direct–indirect effect between personal attributes and their coping strategies towards household food security practiced by the farmers during flood. Data were collected from randomly selected respondents and analyzed through both the qualitative and quantitative techniques by using a statistical program. Out of 18 personal, economic, social and psychological characteristics of the farmers, the personal education, housing condition, annual income, annual expenditure, savings, organizational participation, participation in IGAs, cosmopoliteness, environmental awareness, knowledge on flood coping mechanisms and household food security had positive but both credit received and utilization of received credit had negative. In addition, age, family size, training received, risk orientation and involvement in safety net programs are insignificant with coping strategies towards household food security during flood period.

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