scholarly journals Food Security Communication: An Investigation into the Influence of Radio Programmes on Irish Potato Farming in Nakuru County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hillary Sang
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Irish Potato ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
National Potato ◽  
The Government ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition ◽  
Security Communication

The Government of Kenya recognizes Irish potato as one of the food security and nutrition crops together with maize and rice (GoK, 2017). This study sought to investigate the influence of radio programmes in promoting Irish potato farming as a contributor to food security in Nakuru County. The study looked at the period between 2012 and 2015 when most radio stations started programmes on agriculture. Purposive sampling method was used to identify four sub-counties in Nakuru County namely: Kuresoi South, Kuresoi North, Molo and Naivasha. A census of forty-eight farmers registered with the National Potato Council of Kenya between 2012 and 2015 were interviewed. Eleven agricultural extension officers from the sampled sub-counties were interviewed as key informants. The study established that Irish potato farmers listened and applied skills acquired from agricultural radio programmes to improve their farming leading to food security in Nakuru County. Information inaccuracy was revealed as one of the challenges during the study. Radio should, therefore, provide accurate information on specific varieties for specific regions so that Irish potato farming flourishes and nourishes Nakuru people.

scholarly journals KETAHANAN PANGAN IKANI PADA RUMAH TANGGA PERIKANAN TANGKAP LAUT SKALA KECIL: Kasus Desa Gebang Mekar, Kabupaten Cirebon

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Risna Yusuf ◽  
Tajerin Tajerin
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Asset Value ◽  
The Government

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor-faktor yang berhubungan dengan ketahanan pangan ikani rumah tangga perikanan tangkap laut skala kecil. Metode Survei digunakan dalam penelitian ini. Responden dipilih dengan menggunakan metoda proportional random sampling berdasarkan jenis alat tangkap. Data yang digunakan adalah data primer yang diperoleh dari hasil wawancara. Analisis data dilakukan dengan menggunakan pendekatan statistik non-parametrik Chi-Square. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peubah pendidikan, budaya makan ikan, nilai aset dan pendapatan berhubungan positif dan nyata dengan tingkat ketahanan pangan ikani rumah tangga perikanan. Pemerintah diharapkan terus mendorong upaya peningkatan ketahanan pangan terutama pangan ikani dengan lebih mengkaitkan arah kebijakan dan programnya dengan upaya peningkatan pendidikan dan pengetahuan akan pangan dan gizi pada rumah tangga perikanan tangkap laut skala kecil, peningkatan pendapatan dan peningkatan aset rumah tangga. Tittle: Fisheries Food Security on Household of the Small-scale Marine Fisher: Case Study in the Gebang Mekar Village, Cirebon District, West Java.The purpose of this research was to assess the factors that relate with fisheries food security at small - scale marine fisher. Research was conducted using survey method. Respondents were chosen using proportional random sampling method based on types of fishing gears. The research was using primary data based on interview and analysis used Chi-square approach. Results showed that education, habits in consumption, asset value and income of fisheries household significantly related with fisheries food security at small-scale of marine fisheries household. Therefore, the government has to push on fisheries food security improvement forward into policy and program education and knowledge of food and nutrient at small-scale marine fisher’s household, increase income and economic asset of the fisher.

Agricultural Extension Officers’ Knowledge and Perceptions of Food Security Issues in Trinidad and Tobago

2016 ◽  
pp. 72-84
Author(s):  
T. Grady Roberts ◽  
Wayne G. Ganpat ◽  
Bertrhude Albert ◽  
Lendel Narine ◽  
Samantha Sudeen
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Professional Development Training ◽  
The Government

Food security is a complex global problem that will require the interaction of a wide variety of people to solve. Although food insecurity has been reduced in Latin American and the Caribbean in the last decade, national governments in the region are still enacting policies to help further address the situation. In 2012, the government of Trinidad and Tobago enacted the National Food Production Action Plan and government extension agents are central to the field-level implementation of many aspects of the plan. This study explored agricultural extension officers’ knowledge and perceptions of food security issues in Trinidad and Tobago. Results revealed extension officers need additional professional development training to have the requisite knowledge to help implement the plan with the most pressing topics being data storage and retrieval; research and development; and understanding legislation and policies. Additionally, results revealed training needs varied for officers based on: (a) plans to stay in extension; (b) education level; (c) attention paid to global issues; and (d) training received on food security.

scholarly journals Dismantling of Institutionalization and State Policies as Guarantors of Food Security in Venezuela: Food Safety Implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Hernández ◽  
Andrés Carmona ◽  
Maria S. Tapia ◽  
Siloyde Rivas
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Strong Dependence ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Local Supply ◽  
Security Infrastructure ◽  
The Government ◽  
Food Imports ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

Historically, Venezuela was recognized as a country with solid government food safety policies, science-based legislation, clear national food security goals, strict standards for domestic food production and imports, and a system of institutions committed to ensuring safety and quality along each step of the food chain. Major institutions that aimed to insure people's welfare, nutrition and food availability, and safety were created between 1936 and 1949. Remarkable progress was achieved in terms of control of tropical maladies and fight against hunger and malnutrition. The National Institute of Hygiene set the standards for food safety and the continuous surveillance of available foods. The National Codex Alimentarius Committee was officially created in 2001. Nowadays, the situation has dramatically deteriorated as indicated by a severe decline of national food production and a strong dependence on food imports, whose prices make them inaccessible to the majority of Venezuelans. In response to the humanitarian crisis, the government created a food program, the so-called Local Supply and Production Committee (CLAP), to distribute basic foods at reduced prices but with clear intentions of social and political control of the population. Currently, CLAP products come from government imports at a preferential exchange rate. Under the umbrella of an economic emergency decree, many food safety regulations and surveillance protocols have been relaxed or eliminated, often resulting in the acquisition of low-quality items that do not meet Venezuelan food preferences or quality standards. The objective of this work is to describe, through the Venezuelan case, how the food security infrastructure of a country can be dismantled. We address (1) the development of institutions dedicated to promoting food security and nutrition and the recent dismantling of the sector; (2) the creation, characteristics, and weakness of the CLAP program; and (3) the current food insecurity crisis and the attempts to provide humanitarian help to the Venezuelan population.

scholarly journals PENGARUH PELATIHAN DAN PENDIDIKAN TERHADAP KINERJA PENYULUH PERTANIAN PADA BKP5K KABUPATEN BOGOR

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Herty Ramayanti Sinaga
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Educational Variables ◽  
And Training

One way to improve the quality of agricultural extension resource through education and training is implemented out in a planned and systematic. In other words, the importance of education and training within the organization is to improve the performance of agricultural extension that include the knowledge and skill that support, as well as the building of the attitude of each of the extension as desired by organization. This study aims to analyze the influence of training and education on the performance of agricultural extension workers in the Food Security and Managing Extension Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (BKP5K) Bogor and analyze the indicators that reflect the dominant success of the training and education provided to the agricultural extension. Sampling is based on non-probability sampling technique using purposive sampling method of 79 samples from 99 populations of agricultural extension agricultural extension PNS. These results indicate that 1) the influence of training and education on the performance of agricultural extension, the training negatively affect the performance of agricultural extension and education have positive influence on the performance of agricultural extension; and 2) the dominant indicator of the training variables contained in the first indicator, namely the training  suitability of the materials needed with this type of training with the results of 3.28. Dominant indicator of educational variables contained in the second indicator, namely the educational suitability of the current work with the results of 3.28. Dominant indicator of performancel variables contained in the first indicator, namely understand the program with the results of 3.23.

scholarly journals Scenario and policy of Decent Nutrition and Food Security in the Post-Covid-19 in Nepal

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-17
Author(s):  
Kabita Maharjan ◽  
Deepak Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Low Income Countries ◽  
Nutritious Food ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Grass Root Level ◽  
The Government ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition ◽  
Poor Nutrition

The Covid-19 has drawn a new debate on the issue of food security and nutrition. The literature suggests a positive relationship between food security and nutrition. For low-income countries, access to nutritious food has been challenging. Literature reveals that Nepal faces poor food security and nutrition for decades and this issue has been more surfaced after the Covid-19. This paper explores the prospect of food security along with nutrition based on secondary data and reviews. Food security has been associated with the production, stock, access, and utilization. The utilization normally refers to the use of varieties of nutrition for the human body that is related to the immunity system. Agriculture is the prime occupation of the country as the two-third population depends on agriculture for livelihood. However, the subsistence form of agriculture has been dominated. Due to the lack of agricultural production, Nepal faces poor nutrition and faces mal-nutrition problems. Many of the districts in the western and far-western hilly regions of the country have been faced with food scarcity and malnutrition has become a common phenomenon. Moreover, Covid 19 has further highlighted the issue of food security and nutrition. As the Covid-19 is related to immunity power and its association is with nutritious food is crucial. The policy of the government has prioritized from grass root level to eliminate hunger and malnutrition though there are still challenges.

The role of graining in ensuring food security

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-79
Author(s):  
R. M. Gambarova
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
The Government ◽  
Favorable Conditions ◽  
Grain Farms

Relevance. Grain is the key to strategic products to ensure food security. From this point of view, the creation of large grain farms is a matter for the country's selfsufficiency and it leading to a decrease in financial expense for import. Creation of such farms creates an abundance of productivity from the area and leads to obtaining increased reproductive seeds. The main policy of the government is to minimize dependency from import, create abundance of food and create favorable conditions for export potential.The purpose of the study: the development of grain production in order to ensure food security of the country and strengthen government support for this industry.Methods: comparative analysis, systems approach.Results. As shown in the research, if we pay attention to the activities of private entrepreneurship in the country, we can see result of the implementation of agrarian reforms after which various types of farms have been created in republic.The role of privateentrepreneurshipinthedevelopmentofproduction is great. Тhe article outlines the sowing area, production, productivity, import, export of grain and the level of selfsufficiency in this country from 2015 till 2017.

Ghana: the State of Agriculture and Prospects for Food Security in the Context of Achieving SDGs

2018 ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Tatyana Denisova
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Socioeconomic Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Government

For the first time in Russian African studies, the author examines the current state of agriculture, challenges and prospects for food security in Ghana, which belongs to the group of African countries that have made the most progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a collection of 17 global goals adopted by UN member states in 2015 with a view of achieving them by 2030. The SDGs include: ending poverty in all its forms everywhere (Goal 1); ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture (2); ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages (3), etc. These goals are considered fundamental because the achievement of a number of other SDGs – for example, ensuring quality education (4), achieving gender equality (5), ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns (12), etc. – largely depends on their implementation. Ghana was commended by the world community for the significant reduction in poverty, hunger and malnutrition between 2000 and 2014, i.e. for the relatively successful implementation of the first of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs, 2000–2015) – the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger. However, SDGs require more careful study and planning of implementation measures. In order to achieve the SDGs, the Government of Ghana has adopted a number of programs, plans and projects, the successful implementation of which often stumbles upon the lack of funding and lack of coordination between state bodies, private and public organizations, foreign partners – donors and creditors, etc., which are involved in the processes of socioeconomic development of Ghana. The author determines the reasons for the lack of food security in Ghana, gives an assessment of the state of the agricultural sector, the effective development of which is a prerequisite for the reduction of poverty and hunger, primarily due to the engagement of a significant share (45%) of the economically active population in this sector. The study shows that the limited growth in food production is largely due to the absence of domestic markets and necessary roads, means of transportation, irrigation and storage infrastructure, as well as insufficient investment in the agricultural sector, rather than to a shortage of fertile land or labor.

scholarly journals The Impact of Climate Change Adaptation Strategies on Income and Food Security: Empirical Evidence from Small-Scale Fishers in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 7905
Author(s):  
Moh. Shadiqur Rahman ◽  
Hery Toiba ◽  
Wen-Chi Huang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Probit Regression ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

The impacts of climate change on marine capture fisheries have been observed in several studies. It is likely to have a substantial effect on fishers’ income and food security. This study aims to estimate the impact of adaptation strategies on fishers’ income and their household’s food security. Data were collected from small-scale fishers’ households, which own a fishing boat smaller or equal to five gross tonnages (GT). The study sites were the two coastal regions of Malang and Probolinggo in East Java, Indonesia, due to the meager socioeconomic resources caused by climate change. A probit regression model was used to determine the factors influencing the fishers’ adaptation. Propensity score matching (PSM) was applied to evaluate the impact of the adaptation strategies on income and food security. Food security was measured by food consumption score (FCS). The findings indicated that participation in the fishers’ group affected adaptation strategies significantly, and so did the access to credit and climate information. Also, PSM showed that the adaptation strategies had a positive and significant impact on fishers’ income and food security. Those who applied the adaptation strategies had a higher income and FCS than those who did not. This finding implies that the fishery sector’s adaptation strategies can have significant expansion outcome and reduce exposure to risks posed by climate change. Therefore, the arrangement of more climate change adaptation strategies should be promoted by the government for small-scale fishers in Indonesia.

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