scholarly journals Mexican Banks’ Acceptance and Use of Twitter to Assist in Evaluating Farm Loan Applications: Exploring the Role of Agricultural Loans on Food Security

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-57
Author(s):  
Robert Strong ◽  
Larry Dooley ◽  
Travis Irby ◽  
Lori Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Financial Decisions ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Degree Of Acceptance ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
To Receive

Food security issues are a global concern of countless citizens irrespective of professional vocation or individual residence. Literature indicated numerous factors affect food security and researchers should continue examining elements that may influence food insecurity. The lack of acquiring finance can prohibit farmers from planting and harvesting crops, and thus, is a cause of food insecurity. Mexican banks receive economic agricultural forecasts from the Ministry of Agriculture. This study sought to describe Mexican banks’ degree of acceptance and use of the Ministry’s information on Twitter. Fourteen (N = 14) agricultural loan administrators from Mexican banks were examined to address this study’s research objectives. Agricultural loan administrators were interviewed to determine their acceptance and use of the Ministry’s statistics on Twitter. Participants reported the dissemination of agricultural statistics on Twitter saved banks time by providing a source that delivered specific crop forecasts and not all crop outlooks simultaneously. Twitter can be used to let a bank know the particular value of a commodity in real time thus being able to inform not only their financial decisions but notify farmers pursuing loans. The Ministry of Agriculture’s Twitter feeds increased performance and communication while requiring little effort due to the pervasive nature of the technology. The use of information disseminated on Twitter allowed farmers to receive funds faster thus enabling them to plant and harvest crops in order to aid in the battle against food insecurity.

Food

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Reinert
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Provisioning ◽  
Water Shortages ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Basic Human Needs ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
Agricultural Yields ◽  
Nations System

This chapter considers food as a basic good that satisfies critical basic human needs for both calories and other important nutrients. It considers the widespread nature of food deprivation and challenges to addressing this deprivation, including climate change, water shortages, and increased population growth. The chapter examines the subsistence right to food and the role of this right within the United Nations system of human rights. It also examines ways to increase agricultural yields, both through biotechnology and agro-ecology, paying particular attention to Africa where emerging food security issues appear to be the most pressing. It considers issues of infrastructure and waste and the roles of fisheries and livestock in food security. It concludes with a consideration of demand-side issues and food provisioning processes.

scholarly journals Documenting the Food Insecurity Experiences and Nutritional Status of Women in India: Study Protocol

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (11) ◽  
pp. 3769
Author(s):  
Fiona H McKay ◽  
Preethi John ◽  
Alice Sims ◽  
Gaganjot Kaur ◽  
Jyotsna Kaushal
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Role Of Women ◽  
Women In India

Background: Despite significant growth and change in India over the past two decades, some public health indicators have failed to keep pace. One such indicator is food insecurity. India is home to the largest number of people experiencing hunger and food insecurity. Food security is described as “a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. While there has been considerable research investigating the role of crop yields, policy interventions, and food production in alleviating food insecurity in India, there is insufficient research investigating the social and cultural influences of food insecurity, including the role of women. The primary aim of this research is to investigate the experience of food insecurity among women in India. The objectives of this research are (1) to determine the role of women in food production and its contribution to household food security; (2) to examine the gender roles within households and the decision-making processes that influence food security, and (3) to investigate household nutritional status and food insecurity experience. Methods: Participants will include women who live in a village in Punjab, India. Interviews with 100 households, drawn from a convenience sample will be conducted. Interviews will be conducted in Punjabi with simultaneous English translation, and will include: food related experiences, anthropometric measurements (weight, height, waist, and hip) and dietary assessment (24-h diet recall, two non-consecutive days), dwelling facilities, agriculture related information, including household agriculture activities undertaken, food security status (via the United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Scale Measurement), and demographic information. Discussion: This study aims to investigate a range of determinants of food insecurity among a rural population. It will allow for the identification of some of the components of household food insecurity among women in India and will go part of the way to understanding how and why India continues to experience food and nutritional insecurity despite growth and progress in a range of other indicators.

scholarly journals POLA ANTISIPASI KERAWANAN PANGAN DAN PERAN KELEMBAGAAN LOKAL PADA DAERAH TERPENCIL DI KABUPATEN KONAWE

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Setsmy Setsmy ◽  
Ayub M. Padangaran ◽  
Ine Fausayana
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Food Shortage ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Local Institution ◽  
The Village

Study aim are: find out the level of food insecurity in Asinua distric of Awua Jaya Village Konawe Regency; to know the pattern of anticipation to food insecurity in remote village; to know the role of local institution toward the pattern of anticipation food insecurity that the communityhas done. This study was conducted in the village of Awua Jaya sub-district Asinua regency konawe March-July 2017. The result of study indicate that food insecurity in Asinua sub-distric is still in medium category tahat is at number three (3), where society experiencing food shortage about 3 month; the pattern of food insecurity anticipation in Awua Jaya village can be done in 2 ways, namely for the long term by increasing the productivity of rice crops through improving technology production and increasing the frequency of planting from one time to 2 time a year on irrigation repair conditions; and in the short term with the aid of food in the famine period from March to April each year. P3A intitutions  have no institution related to food insecurity are transmigation service, food crop service, food security agency, farmer group and institutional P3A. The role of such institution has not existed except the transmigration offices that channel raskin 15 kg/3 months so it can not overcome food insecurity.Keywords: food insecurity; patterns of anticipation; the role of local institusions

scholarly journals Peranan World Food Programme (WFP) Melalui Program Food For Assets (FFA) Dalam Upaya Mengurangi Potensi Rawan Pangan Di Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-132
Author(s):  
Elin Dewanti
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
World Food ◽  
Online Data ◽  
World Food Programme ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Library Research

This study was to determine the role of the World Food Programme (WFP) through the Food For Assets (FFA) in an effort to reduce the potential for food insecurity in West Nusa Tenggara 2008-2010. Researchers analyzed the various efforts made by WFP through the FFA in its efforts to reduce the potential for food insecurity in the region is categorized as having food insecurity in West Nusa Tenggara. Author of the research methods used in this study is qualitative method, aims to describe the facts relating to the problem under study. Most of the data collected through library research, online data retrieval, documentation, and interviews. The data was then analyzed with the theories and concepts in International Relations, among others, The Role of International Organizations, and Non-Traditional Security Issues. The results showed that the WFP has done its role as an international organization that focuses on food issues. WFP is providing food assistance to areas experiencing food insecurity in Indonesia, one of which is the West Nusa Tenggara. Such assistance is implemented in the form of FFA programs and activities to support efforts to reduce the potential for food insecurity in West Nusa Tenggara.

The Role of Informal Local Institutions in Food Security of Rural Households in Southwest Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chimdessa Uma Negera ◽  
Adugna Eneyew Bekele ◽  
Beneberu Assefa Wondimagegnehu
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Informal Institutions ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Local Institutions ◽  
Women's Associations ◽  
Sub Saharan

Among sub-Saharan countries, Ethiopia is known for its dominant informal institutions and chronic problem of food insecurity. However, the role of local institutions in households' food security in Ethiopia is less understood. Thus, the aim of the study was to identify local informal institutions and their roles in household food security. Mixed methods research was used to collect and analyse data relating to membership in local institutions and their food consumption. A logit model was employed to identify the role of local institutions in households' food security. The result showed that 45.1 per cent of households were food insecure. Rural households' membership in Iddir, Equib, Debo and Jarsumma strongly helped them escape food insecurity. On the one hand, participation in women's associations and Jiga did not significantly contribute to their food security. On the other hand, Dado was found to reduce their food security. We conclude that the programmes and policies that target food security should provide support to those informal institutions that successfully contributed to hunger reduction.

Chronic Food Insecurity in Kenya's Asal Areas: Naturalizing Uneven Development Through Depeasantization and Deproletarianization

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-74
Author(s):  
Naomi Shanguhyia ◽  
Brent McCusker
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Governance Process ◽  
Rural Kenya ◽  
Mode Of Production

Food security and insecurity is often conceptualized in narrow, economistic or technicist terms that simply postulate an inefficiency in production or exchange as the root cause of food security. More elaborate notions put issues such as “access” at the center of their theoretical frameworks. In this paper, we examine food insecurity as a state of being that exists when various modes of production disarticulate. This disarticulation is examined within the governance process to determine how policy affects or inhibits change in the mode of production in rural Kenya. This paper contributes to the literature on depeasantization by explicating the role of the state in social and economic transformation. It is argued here that “food security” has been a convenient excuse to first depeasantize and then deproletarianize large swaths of people.

Nematology, crop protection and food security

Nematology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 1127-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aurelio Ciancio
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Crop Protection ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Security Issues

The role of nematology in food security is discussed. Nematology began with the classification of species. The onset of monocultures required effective nematode management tools. Recently, more complex approaches to management include ecology, natural sciences and genomics, with important fallouts in crop protection. The food security goal is to satisfy any dietary need for the healthy life of all but this message has not spread globally. Benefits achievable through crop technologies are not equally distributed and food security is not yet assured for several million people. Many social, political or economic factors are involved, and nematology may only partially contribute to achieve this goal. However, the scientific knowledge produced can contribute to solving some food security issues. Fundamental conditions are free access to education and science, as well as support for independent production of knowledge, improving regional and international cooperation and research.

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