Adaptive capacity and nutritional status of households in Cameroon

Yanick Fredy Mvodo () and François Colin Nkoa ()
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Yanick Fredy Mvodo: Ph.D. Student, University of Douala, Postgraduate School for Social and Human Sciences, Douala, Cameroon
François Colin Nkoa: Professor of Economics, University of Yaounde II Soa, Faculty of Economic and Management, Yaounde, Cameroon

Review of Socio - Economic Perspectives, 2022, vol. 7, issue 2, 33-46

Abstract: To cope with the various shocks that may occur in their lives, households emphasise their adaptive capacity in order to minimise the negative economic consequences they may experience, particularly in terms of food and nutrition security. This behaviour of households is a dimension of their resilience to food insecurity. The objective of this study is therefore to analyse how adaptive capacity promotes the nutritional status of households in Cameroon. Using data from the FSMS 2020 survey and statistical and logistic regression methods, the study reveals that physical and human capital contribute significantly to improving the nutritional status of households in Cameroon. These results therefore call for the strengthening of training and livelihoods to ensure better household nutritional status.

Keywords: adaptive capacity; nutritional status; resilience; food security. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 I12 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.19275/RSEP128

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