Implications of participation in climate change interventions on food security: Evidence from farm households in Ghana

Alhassan Suhiyini I., Amikuzuno Joseph and Tahidu Damba O.

No 365927, 2023 Seventh AAAE/60th AEASA Conference, September 18-21, 2023, Durban, South Africa from African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

Abstract: This study assessed the effect of participating in governmental and non-governmental organisations’ climate change interventions on food security of farm households in Northern Ghana. The paper applied multinomial endogenous treatment effect regression model on two period panel data from Feed the Future Population Based Survey in Northern Ghana. Qualitative data was collected through focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Food security was measured using households hunger scale, household food expenditure share and minimum dietary diversity for women. The results revealed that participation in governmental interventions increases households’ food insecurity significantly through increased food expenditure share and hunger. On the other hand, participation in only NGO or both NGO and government interventions reduces households’ food insecurity through decrease in households’ food expenditure share and hunger and increase dietary diversity for women. Based on these findings, we argue that effective efficient utilization of financial and technical resource in averting the effects of climate change on food security requires harmonization of government and NGO efforts.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.365927

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