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Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa
| Content Provider | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) |
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| Author | Silvestri, Silvia Douxchamps, Sabine Kristjanson, Patricia M. Förch, Wiebke Radeny, Maren A.O. Mutie, Ianetta Quirós, Carlos F. Herrero, Mario Ndungu, Anthony Ndiwa, Nicholas N. Mango, Joash Claessens, Lieven Rufino, Mariana C. |
| Organization | CCAFS: EA_CSV |
| Spatial Coverage | Kenya;Tanzania;Uganda [KE;TZ;UG] |
| Description | Background What are the key factors that contribute to household-level food security? What lessons can we learn from food secure households? What agricultural options and management strategies are likely to benefit female-headed households in particular? This paper addresses these questions using a unique dataset of 600 households that allows us to explore a wide range of indicators capturing different aspects of performance and well-being for different types of households—female-headed, male-headed, food secure, food insecure—and assess livelihoods options and strategies and how they influence food security. The analysis is based on a detailed farm household survey carried out in three sites in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Results Our results suggest that food insecurity may not be more severe for female-headed households than male-headed households. We found that food secure farming households have a wider variety of crops on their farms and are more market oriented than are the food insecure. More domestic assets do not make female-headed households more food secure. For the other categories of assets (livestock, transport, and productive), we did not find evidence of a correlation with food security. Different livelihood portfolios are being pursued by male versus female-headed households, with female-headed households less likely to grow high-value crops and more likely to have a less diversified crop portfolio. Conclusions These findings help identify local, national and regional policies and actions for enhancing food security of female-headed as well as male-headed households. These include interventions that improve households’ access to information, e.g., though innovative communication and knowledge-sharing efforts and support aimed at enhancing women’s and men’s agricultural market opportunities. |
| Related Links | https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/585b6fde-0d2d-4b2b-b279-4bb4ec7f6982 |
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| ISSN | 20487010 |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40066-015-0042-4 |
| Journal | Agriculture and Food Security |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Subject Keyword | Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Agriculture Household Food Security Farmers Gender Climate Change Food Security Gender AND Social Inclusion Climate Services AND Safety Nets |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science |
