Abstract/Overview Gender disparity is a general global and regional concern. Locally, nearly 80% of Kenya's population depends on agriculture for its livelihood. However, agricultural production has been declining due to constraints such as gender participation in crop production leading to poverty and food insecurity in the country. Generally gender mainstreaming is essential for increased food production. Most studies have attributed food insecurity to physical, economic, technological and...
ABSTRACT 6 The study has as its objectives, to examine the twin issue of Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Nigeria. In addition, to deepen our understanding of how Poverty Alleviation Programmes had been implemented overtime and the effect of those strategies and programmes on food security in Abia State. The study applied the chi-square (X2 ) techniques to test the hypotheses on Abia ADP Programme on Food Security vis: the impact of Abia ADP Programme on Food Security, food sufficienc...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out in Magu District in Mwanza Region (March 2012). The study aimed at assessing the contribution of district agricultural sector investment project on food security. The specific objectives were to identify the demographic characteristics of the respondents, to examine the pattern of district agricultural sector investment project, to assess the level of food security in Magu district and to examine the relationship between District Agricultural sector investm...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the influence of climate variability on household food security in Masisi, North Kivu Province, DR.Congo. The following objectives guided the study: i) to assess the impact of climate variability on the food availability of the households in Masisi, DRC; ii) to evaluate the impact of climate variability on food accessibility of the households in Masisi, DRC; and iii) to assess the impact of climate variability on food utilization of the households in Masisi, DRC; ...
ABSTRACT Although various attempts were being made by government and Nongovernmental organization to stop political instability in order to improve on food security in Northern Uganda, ensuring enough food for the people still remained the biggest challenge posed by political instability. There was a total breakdown of the agricultural production infrastructure in the war-affected areas. The people had resorted to surviving on food handouts from international relief agencies. This had greatly...
ABSTRACT The study sought of assessing the relationship between NAADs program and Food security in Ddwaniro Subcounty Rakai District, determine the role played by NAADs program on food security and challenges to NAADs program and how to combat the challenges. The study used a descriptive reseach design and employing both qualitative and quantitative apporaches in the searching for the informaiton. The populaiton sample size was 196. The study findings indicated that the major challenges affec...
ABSTRACTThe study aimed at investigating the effects of Unplanned population influx on food security in Kigorobya Sub-county. The objectives of the study were; to determine the effects of immigration on food security in Kigorobya Sub-county, to establish the effects of birth rate on food security in Kigorobya Sub-county and to access the effects of poverty on food security in Kigorobya Subcounty.The study applied a casual research design to reflect aspects of perception, feelin...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to assess the contribution of rice farming to household income and food security in the Doho sub-county Butalejja District. The cross-sectional method was used in the study. The survey sample consisted of 50 respondents all of who hailed from rice growers. These were selected using a random sampling method. The primary data for the study was collected using questionnaires administered to the respondents that were selected for the study, tables, graphs, a...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION DEDICATION ii APPROVAL iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv LIST OF ACRONYMS xi CHAPTER ONE 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Introductions 1 1.2 Background of the study 2 1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT 3 1.4 GENERAL OBJECTIVE 3 1.5 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 4 1.6 Research questions 4 1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 4 CHAPTER TWO 6 LITERATURE REVIEW 6 2.0 Literature Review 6 2.1 Climate Change in Perspective 6 2.2 Adaptation strategies towards the impacts of climate change 6 2.3 Agriculture and food secur...
The study sought to find out the climate change effects on food security, and the community coping strategies in Gikindu Division in Murang’a County. The study was in response to the profound climate change effects over the years leading to depressed rainfall and increased temperatures exposing the farmers to the risk of diminished returns from the production activities. Gikindu area sits on a low agro-ecological zone five and six which is prone to persistent crop failure attributed to the ...
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for food security assessment in the wake of today’s challenge of climate change and variability. This study aimed at assessing the impacts climate change and variability on food security in West Pokot County for the period 1980-2012. Objectives of the study were to: characterize rainfall and temperature data for the specified years, evaluate spatial variability in relation to climate change and variability in the county using remote sensing and Geograph...
ABSTRACT Conservation agriculture has been promoted and implemented as solution to enhance crop productivity, which in turn leads to food security and as a poverty alleviation mechanism among communal farmers in Zimbabwe, Zaka district in particular. Primarily this research is focusing on assessing the contributions of CA towards food security in the whole of Zaka district. This research presented CA as a multifaceted solution to food insecurity problem in Zaka District. Quantitative researc...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out in Buhera District in 2013. The aim of the study was to assess the contribution of food aid on food security. The study sampled 30 households using simple random sampling who are the beneficiaries of food aid. Food aid programme is widely debated in the world and has made many people to believe that food aid has a disincentive effect while others believe it is an essential tool for agriculture and food security development. For the past decade, food aid del...
ABSTRACT The broad objective of the study was to investigate the socio-economic and cultural dimensions of food security among selected ethnic groups in North Central Nigeria. Specifically, the study was designed to: determine food culture and practices of the respondents; determine the household food security status (energy availability) across ethnic groups; determine dietary diversity of the households across cultures; identify perceived constraints militating against household food secur...
ABSTRACT Livestock production in Ghana contributes greatly to the total GDP and agricultural GDP respectively. Despite efforts to improve and increase goat production, most farmers, especially the rural households still keep local breeds and are faced with high infant mortality of kids, death of pregnant does, unplanned housing systems, improper feeding and management. These undoubtedly hinder farmers in Kusawgu to improving their stock for food security. It is thus important to study why...