Food insecurity becomes severe in areas where agriculture is households’ sole income source. Accordingly, this study looked into food security and the role of livelihood diversification Damot Woyde district Southern Ethiopia. Data were gathered using a structured survey questionnaire, focus group discussion, key informants interview field observation. The household balance model (HFBM) HFIAS (h...

Indigenous communities in Mexico are vulnerable to food insecurity (FI) due a series of factors that prevent them from having access sufficient and nutritious food. Therefore, this population group has the highest chronic malnutrition country. Objective: This study describes FI conditions an indigenous community Potosina Huastec. Methodology: was measured with Household Food Insecurity Access C...

Abstract Market access influences the dietary diversity and food security for smallholder households in many ways. In Ethiopia, most smallholders are subsistence farmers who have poor to markets. This study used primary data from a household survey examine relationship between market 324 Yayu area of southwestern Ethiopia early 2018. Multivariate regression analysis showed that located far cent...

Market participation by smallholder indigenous crop farmers holds significant potential for the alleviation of food insecurity and poverty amongst rural households. Smallholder generally play a vital role in production marketing crops South Africa. However, continue to remain among food-insecure populations. This is more worrisome farming households whose produce far limited market yet may cont...

In the past decades, indigenous leafy vegetables (ILVs) have played a significant role in household food security, especially poor rural households. However, ILVs been replaced by exotic cash crops contemporary world. This study was conducted to assess consumption of and their contribution security households Limpopo Mpumalanga provinces. The used secondary data collected South African Vulnerab...

Although food security is traditionally defined with four dimensions, there are increasing calls for an additional two: agency and sustainability. However, it especially challenging to measure agency, a person’s control over their production consumption. Measuring women’s critical in African regions south of the Sahara, where women play prominent roles farming preparation. This paper explores f...

Farmers in Africa, including those South rely on rain-fed agriculture, which exposes them to the risks of agricultural drought. Agricultural drought has become a major threat production, extreme mortality livestock recent years, thus negatively impacting household food security. Hence, this paper is aimed at (i) assessing coping strategies employed by smallholding livestock-farming households d...

Background Data on the questionnaire-based prevalence of food insecurity are needed to develop food and nutrition security studies and policies. The present study aimed to assess the questionnaire-based prevalence of food insecurity in Iran. Methods A systematic search of cross-sectional studies were conducted on databases including PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, Magiran, Iranmedex, SID and ...

Background: Food security has always been a major determinant behind development of malnutrition among the under 5 children India. Even after sustained efforts to alleviate this problem, we are still way in achieving our targets. Aims and Objectives: To assess prevalence determinants food security, find association with stunting wasting less than five years age. Materials Methods: This study wa...