scholarly journals Factors Affecting Sustainability of Donor Funded Food Security Projects in Tharaka South Sub-County, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
M. Mutegi Anita ◽  
K. Gathungu Geofrey ◽  
Sande Anne
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Out Of Sample ◽  
The Government ◽  
Withdrawal Of Support ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Project activities have been used to solve food insecurity problems. However, despite efforts made by the Government and other development partners to implement food security projects in areas of need project activities collapse after the withdrawal of support by donors limiting sustainability these projects. Therefore, this study sought to fill this gap by investigating factors which affect sustainability of donor funded food security projects in Tharaka South Sub-County, Tharaka Nithi County using there source based and stakeholder theories. The study was exploratory and was executed through a descriptive survey and targeted donor funded food security projects which included Njaa Marufuku, National Agriculture Sector Extension Policy, Food for Asset and Mount Kenya East Pilot Project for Natural Resource Management (MKEPP). The study used both simple random and purposive sampling methods in a population of 400 community project beneficiaries, Social Development Officer, project officers and opinion leaders and a sample of 238 respondents was adopted. Questionnaires with both closed ended and open-ended questions were used as the main research instruments to solicit information and the data obtained was coded and subjected to analysis using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Out of sample of 238, 227 respondents filled in and submitted the questionnaires making a response rate of 95% respectively. It was observed that community involvement and sustainability of donor funded food security projects correlated positively and significantly (r=0.548, p=0.000); Institution capacity and sustainability of donor funded food security projects correlated positively and significantly (r=0.521, p=0.000) and roles of donors and sustainability of donor funded food security projects correlated positively (r=0.534, p=0.000). Finally, the study established that donors play a very important role in ensuring sustainability of donor funded food security projects.

scholarly journals Food and Nutrition Promotion: Feasibility of the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 58
Author(s):  
Promise Zvavahera ◽  
Farai Chigora
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Food And Nutrition ◽  
The Government ◽  
Evaluation Mechanism ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Blue Print

Zimbabwe has faced persistent droughts from around year 1990 to date posing a structural food security challenge to the populace. Recently, the government of Zimbabwe introduced a blue print to spearhead and map sustainable balance in tapping value from the available natural and man-made resources in the country. This is known as the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation Programme (Zim Asset). Amongst its prospects, agriculture and nutrition has been reckoned as a sustainable cluster for economic development. This study was undertaken one and half years after the implementation of Zim Asset as an evaluation mechanism on the successes and challenges faced in transforming the Zimbabwean economy with specific reference to the Food and Nutrition Cluster. The study employed both post positivism and interpretivism philosophies applying quantitative and qualitative approaches in gathering research data. The research instruments included documentary evidence, face to face in-depth interviews and focus groups. The in-depth interviews explored issues to do with resources allocation in line with the Zim Asset agriculture sustenance objectives. Focus was therefore, on the four Ministries supporting the Food and Nutrition Cluster. Eighty percent of the respondents reported that the economic blue print has not made any significant strides in improving the country’s agricultural performance and food security since the inception of Zim Asset in October 2013. It was noted that the country continued to import maize from Zambia and other countries in the region. The major reason for its lack of success was due to the unavailability of resources to support the programme and the fact that land was allocated to unproductive and cell phone farmers. There was consensus that land audit and recapitalisation of the agriculture sector were critical in achieving the desired outcomes. The study recommends that the programme be adequately funded, so that the country can become self-sufficient.

scholarly journals Analysis of determinants of maize price variations in Nigeria (1978 - 2014)

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-234
Author(s):  
Opeyemi Eyitayo Ayinade ◽  
Ifedotun Victor Aina ◽  
Kayode Ayinade
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Price Change ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Price Variation ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Government ◽  
Food Staples

Skyrocketing prices of food staples such as maize can lead to inefficient agricultural production and definitely have detrimental effects on the economic, social, and political growth of any country. Most studies on maize in Nigeria are focused on the increasing consumption or competitiveness, very few address the determinants of maize price change as a panacea for the increase of productivity. Filling this gap requires a study on the various factors that contribute to the variations in the price of maize. In this study, secondary data were used. The study used descriptive statistics tools to analyze the pattern of price variations and changes in the production of maize over a period of 36 years in Nigeria. Also, various factors affecting price variation of maize were examined. It was recommended that the positive and significant impact of country’s population to maize price change should serve as an impulse to encourage investment in agricultural sector of Nigeria in order to ensure food security in the country. Also, the government should use the inflation measures to regulate prices of maize in the country

scholarly journals FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION OF DONOR FUNDED ICT PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN KENYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Alex King’ori Ndegwa ◽  
Dr. Peter Kiriri ◽  
Dr. George Achoki
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Technological Factor ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Sectors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish the factors affecting adoption of donor funded ICT projects in the public sector.Methodology: The research was carried out through a descriptive survey research design. The sampling frame of this survey was a list of state owned enterprises in Nairobi County. The study targeted a population of all the 205 state owned enterprises in Kenya out of which 67 are located in Nairobi County.Results: The relationship between technological factor and adoption of donor funded ICT projects was positive and significant. The findings imply that technological factor has significant effect on adoption of donor funded ICT projects. The relationship between Infrastructural factor and adoption of donor funded ICT projects was positive and significant.  The findings imply that Infrastructural factor has significant effect on adoption of donor funded ICT projects.Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: It was recommended that government should consider implementing a robust public sector policy that aims at enhancing ICT use, the development of donor funded ICT project and making ICT hardware and software accessible and affordable to majority of individual and firms. It is recommended that the government considers improving the adoption of donor funded ICT project in public sectors through training in school and institution of higher learning. The management of public sectors should also continue to adopt new forms of technology that would assist in improving donor funded ICT projects. Management of companies should appreciate that in adoption of donor funded ICT project there are benefits of first adapters or first movers.

scholarly journals Assessing socio-cultural factors affecting integration of Almajiris into formal education system in Katsina state, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-177
Author(s):  
Adekunle Thomas Olutola ◽  
Rafiu Ademola Olatoye ◽  
Garba Kofanaisa Adamu
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Government ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

This study investigated the socio-cultural factors affecting integration into the formal education system in Katsina State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. There were 653 Almajiris purposively selected from twelve Almajiris schools in Katsina State. A researcher-designed questionnaire titled: ‘‘Almajiris socio-cultural factors questionnaire’’ (ASCFQ) with test-retest reliability coefficient of 0.88 was used to collect data for the study. Analysis of data was carried out using frequencies and percentages. Findings revealed that most parents abandon their children in these informal Arabic schools. Most Almajiris (603, that is 92.3%) responded that their Mallams (Teachers) do not feed them. Therefore, the only means of survival is through begging and doing menial jobs. Based on these findings, it is recommended that all the identified socio-economic factors affecting the integration of Almajiris into the formal education system should be addressed by the government. This can be done through public enlightenment campaigns and provision of incentives.

scholarly journals Consequence of Covid-19 lockdown on household food security: Voices from Hoima City, Uganda

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
David Mwesigwa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Urban Households ◽  
Household Food ◽  
The Government ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
Quantitative Statistics ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Abstract Purpose: To investigate the consequence covid-19 lockdown on food security among a cohort of peri-urban households in Hoima city. Research methodology: A descriptive survey was employed targeting 186 respondents. Data were collected using a researcher-designed self-administered questionnaire and analysed using quantitative statistics. Specifically, chi-square was employed to establish whether the hypothesis held sway; also, regression analysis was employed with a view of forecasting the degree of change in household food security due to covid-19 lockdown. Results: The period of lockdown announced and implemented by the government had a positive consequence on food security. Nonetheless, the economic hardships overturned the successes otherwise achieved as a number of households sold off much of the food so as acquire other household items. Recommendations: While the government is credited for instituting a lockdown as a means to reduce the spread of covid-19 virus, it is recommended that city authorities are encouraged to boost urban farming by distributing agri-inputs to households in the peri-urban seeing that their daily incomes are already constrained. Contribution: The findings of this study may be useful to city authorities in Uganda in evolving a guide on integration of food security as a cross-cutting issue in the overall strategic disaster management plan. This article makes an input to the budding field of understanding by underlining inroads that can generate more sustainable urban community livelihoods through food security.

scholarly journals KETAHANAN PANGAN RUMAH TANGGA PETANI ANGGOTA LUMBUNG DI KECAMATAN GADING REJO, KABUPATEN PRINGSEWU

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 673
Author(s):  
Marita Infia Fitriani ◽  
Fembriarti Erry Prasmatiwi ◽  
Rabiatul Adawiyah
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Nutrition Science ◽  
Food Shortages ◽  
Food Expenditure ◽  
Cross Classification ◽  
The Government

This study aims to analyze food security level, the factors affecting food security, and the efforts to increase food security of farmer household of granary member. The location of this study is chosen purposively as consideration that the group of granaries received the granary development program in Gading Rejo Subdistrict, Pringsewu Regency with 44 farmers of granary members who are selected by proportional random sampling method. Data were collected in April 2018. Food security level is analyzed using cross classification between food expenditure and food sufficiency level, factors affecting the level of food security is analyzed using ordinal logistic regression, and the efforts to increase the level of food security is analyzed using descriptive qualitative analysis. The study shows that food security according to BPS category as much as 22.,73% is in secure category, 15.91% less secure, 34.09% vulnerable, and 27.27% insecure. Food security according to nutrition science and the 2012 Constitution of Food as much as 45.45% is in secure category, 27,27% less secure, 15.91% vulnerable, and 11.36% insecure. Factors that influence the level of food security are rice production, price of rice, and side occupation. Efforts to increase food security are programs on increasing income through irrigation and crop indexes, improving nutrition through education on nutrition and food by the government, accelerating food diversification, and development of food barns.  Farmer’s effort to overcome food shortages is by changing habit in the quality of food consumed.Key words: food security, granary member

scholarly journals CONTRIBUTION OF SMALL-SCALE FARMING AND LOCAL FOOD SUPPLY TO SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA – A REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluseyi Olutoyin Olugbire ◽  
Sunmbo Olorunfemi ◽  
Olarewaju Titilope
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Department Of Agriculture ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

Prior to the year 1970, agriculture was the main source of livelihood and backbone of the Nigerian economy until the discovery of oil drastically decelerated its potential to sustainably maintain food security and generate significant export earnings. Despite its sudden fall in productivity, agriculture still remains the main sector providing the highest employment (70% of the population) for the populace. To tackle these problems, many policies were formulated (from 1960 to 2015) to resuscitate the sector but to no availdue to failure in tailoring suitable policies to engage small-scale farmers and address other socio-economic problems. This paper constitutes an in-depth review of agricultural production and food security in Nigeria with relative importance attributed to local food supply and small-scale farmers. The article analyzes several documents of the Nigerian Government and international organizations, such as the Food and Agricultural Organization, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and a number of peer-reviewed journals across various disciplines to provide a balanced interdisciplinary review. The paper concludes that food insecurity is at its peak in Nigeria and urgent attention is required in the agricultural sector to compensate for the unstable food balance in the country. There is a need for the Government to take strong measures against the food deficit situation and to support the development of the primary agriculture sector. The paper proposes viable policies that could involve smallholders, aid transformation and positively restructure the agricultural sector.

scholarly journals Influencing Mechanism of Patent Alliance on Technical Innovation from Network Effects Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 678-685
Author(s):  
Jing Hu ◽  
Yueyi Zhang ◽  
Yilin Wang ◽  
Yi-Wen Chiu ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Network Effect ◽  
Technical Innovation ◽  
Technical Standards ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Concept Model ◽  
Patent Thicket ◽  
The Government

As an important tool to promote the technical standards for enterprises, a patent alliance can reduce transaction costs and lawsuit disputes as well as accelerate the promotion and application of proprietary technologies. Moreover, it can enlarge the installed base and influence consumers’ expectations by exploiting the network effects of technical standards. As a result, it can be one of the most effective paths to resolve the problem of patent thicket and promote innovation. Based on several theories with respect to the network effects, this study analyzed the connotation and composition of network effects for technical standards and constructed a concept model that can influence innovations using a patent alliance. A questionnaire investigation was conducted, and an analysis was performed using the structural equation to examine the factors affecting the innovation of patent tools as well as their acting paths. The main research conclusions of this study are as follows: (1) patent alliance is a double-edged sword for technical innovation. The factors related to the patent alliance and network effect, such as the installation-foundation effect, consumer expectation, and positive feedback effect, promote innovation. However, the lock-in effect in the network effect hinders the innovation. (2) Identification of intellectual property and partners is the key factor that influences patent alliance innovation. (3) Standardization strategies and the government play the least role among all innovation factors influencing patent alliance.

scholarly journals Strategies for Doubling Income of Indian Farmers’ through Dairying: A Review

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
S S Chopde ◽  
R P Datir ◽  
M R Patil
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Sharp Increase ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Income Security ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Absolute Income ◽  
Agriculture Sector ◽  
Livestock Sector ◽  
The Government

Earlier strategies for progress of agriculture sector in India were focused principally on raising agricultural output and improving food security. The net result is the farmer’s absolute income remained low which lead to agrarian distress. The country also witnessed a sharp increase in the number of farmers suicides. It is apparent that income earned by farmers from agriculture is crucial to address distress and promote farmers welfare. The government is desiring and working towards doubling the farmer’s income by 2022. Union budget 2016-17emphasizes the need to go beyond food security and provide farmers a sense of income security. The agriculture allied sector such as dairying, poultry, goatry, horticulture etc. will play crucial role in achieving the government’s goal to double farmer’s income by 2022. Dairying and livestock sector form the backbone of agriculture and its contribution to agriculture GDP is around 28%. The progress in the sector results in balanced development of the rural economy particularly in reducing the poverty amongst the weaker sections. Dairy is a more equitable agriculture occupation. To improve the share of dairying in farmers income, innovative measures are needed to be explored and shall be implemented on large scale.

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.

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