The study investigated effects of family size on household food security in Osun state, Nigeria. Multistage sampling … indicated that about 60.9% had family size of 5and 8 members. Only 24.5% were food secure. Coping strategies employed include … borrowing money, relying on less preferred and less expensive food. The constraints faced includes, poor access to credit (84 …

This paper describes the capacity of food-crop production for improving regional food security in Central Java … formulating a proposed model to improve food crops production in supporting food security. The case study was conducted in … Central Java Province has the capacity on food crop (rice) production for securing food availability, distribution, and …

The study reveals the contribution of increased agricultural productivity in food security in the developing countries … with food security, rural livelihood as well as rural poverty reduction. Finally it demonstrates why increased agricultural …

The study was conducted to elucidate the determinants of food security among the maize growing rural households of … descriptive statistics, food security index and logit model. The results of the study revealed that almost all rural households in … Bogra district were food secured. It was checked by using recommended minimum calorie requirement (i.e., 2122 kcal). Based …

treatment initiation, the ability to find “good food” for children on treatment and how high mortality rates among elderly and …

production levels, is badly targeted at the public goods in question. Since agricultural land is a major component of both food …

hunger. The results confirm that efforts to improve food security can have a direct impact on assisting the poor in the fight … against hunger. Furthermore, it can be argued that food security has both a direct (short-term) and an indirect (sustainable …