Analysis of food security status of farming households in the forest Belt of the Central Region of Ghana

John Kuwornu (), Suleyman Demi M. and Amegashie Ditchfield P.K.
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Suleyman Demi M.: Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana
Amegashie Ditchfield P.K.: Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Ghana

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2013, vol. 13, issue 1, 26-42

Abstract: The study seeks to examine the Food Security Status of Farming Households in the Forest Belt of the Central Region of Ghana. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the respondents that were interviewed. In all 134 farming households were interviewed but 120 were selected for analysis after removing the questionnaires which were not properly administered. The households were selected from eight communities in two districts. Food consumption data of 851 individuals in 120 households were used for the analysis. The study reveals that the majority of the farming households (60%) were found to be food insecure. Further, the Binary Logit Model results reveal that an increase in household's income, having access to credit as well as increase in the quantity of own farm production improve the food security status of farming households in the Forest Belt of the Central Region of Ghana. However, holding all other factors constant, increases in non-working member of households worsens the food security status of farming households. Most of the food insecurity coping strategies adopted by household's are not severe and can only be used to avert the impact of food insecurity on a temporal basis. These results have policy implications for Food Security Status of Farming Households in developing countries.

Date: 2013
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