This study attempts to estimate the food security status and identify the determinants of food
security among households receiving government grants in a township of Kwakwatsi, South …

Crop insurance is designed for managing crop production risks through the compensation of
farmers in the event of a hazard or crop failure. The continued dependence on rain fed …

We explore the utility of a consumption coping strategy index (CSI) in characterising and
assessing the factors influencing household food insecurity. We assessed 53 pastoral and …

Food security can be defined as a state in which all people in a household have at all times
have both physical and economic access to sufficient food to meet their dietary needs for a …

Food security is a multi-dimensional issue that has been difficult to measure
comprehensively, given the one-dimensional focus of existing indicators. Three indicators …

The purpose of the study was to determine the food security status of households in a South
African township of Kwakwatsi. The research methodology was undertaken in two stages; …

Faced with a significant devaluation of its currency and a surge in food prices, the Nigerian
government prohibited the use of foreign currency for food imports. This essentially blocked …

Food insecurity is turning out to be one of the worst crises of world in future. Developing
countries are especially considered vulnerable to be hit most severely by this impending …

Food insecurity is a major development problem that is caused by myriad of factors in the
global, regional, national and local spheres of human life. Several efforts have been put in …

The continued dependence on rain fed production by farmers increases their vulnerability to
risk. In view of this, the study assessed the major risk faced by farmers, the main coping …