Assessing food insecurity in Botswana: the case of Gaborone

Legwegoh, Alexander; Hovorka, Alice J.

doi:10.1080/09614524.2013.781128

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“…Also, Legwegoh & Hovorka (2013) found in Gaborone, Botswana, that people frequently consume more cereals (97.2%), sugar/honey (73%), whereas fish/seafood (12.8%), eggs (23.6%) and beans, peas, lentils or walnuts (27.4%) were the least consumed. Kaiser et al (2003) in the research they performed in the United States with children from California, they found that 60% of the food insecurity households stop consuming fruits and vegetables, reduce the dairy and meat-products consumption.…”

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“…Legwegoh and Hovorka (2013), found in Gaborone, Botswana, that the households were composed, on average, of 4.4 members; the average age of the head of household was 44.80 years old; around 20% of the heads of household did not have formal education and 50% had basic education; and 15% of the heads of household reported being employed on a part-time basis. For their part, Thorne-Lyman et al (2010)(Thorne-Lyman et al, 2010, in the rural area of Bangladesh, they found that the size of the household was 5.7 members.…”

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“…It also allows to identify the population's food deficiencies or excesses and it works as a baseline to implement interventions that improve the food consumption in households (Swindale and Bilinsky, 2006). This indicator assesses the number of different food groups consumed in the household during a defined reference period, such as the last 24 or 48 hours or the last 7 or 14 days (De Cock et al 2013;Legwegoh and Hovorka, 2013;Nyantakyi-Frimpong et al 2016).…”

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“…This is why methodological tools have been developed to allow the identification of dietary diversity in the households and individually, such as the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) elaborated by the FANTA Project (Food and Nutrition Tehcnical Assistence) (Swindale and Bilinsky, 2006). The HDDS is a qualitative methodology that has been validated in different countries as an approximate measure of energy consumption per capita of the household (De Cock et al 2013;Kennedy et al 2010;Legwegoh and Hovorka, 2013;Maxwell et al 2014;Nyantakyi-Frimpong et al 2016;Tsiboe et al 2016). It also allows to identify the population's food deficiencies or excesses and it works as a baseline to implement interventions that improve the food consumption in households (Swindale and Bilinsky, 2006).…”

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Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

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DEDICATIONMy God for giving me the opportunity to be able to study and for giving me the strength to carry on. My parents Otilia and Carlos, examples of courage, endurance and determination. My husband Jorge for your love and for being there by my side during this journey. My dear family my refuge, as it without their encouragement and understanding, it wouldhave been impossible for me to finish this work. AGRADECIMIENTOSEn esta etapa de mi vida, como lo fue realizar los estudios de Doctorado; directa o indirectamente participaron varias personas, ya sea supervisando, aconsejando, opinando o simplemente dándome ánimo, para poder llegar a la feliz culminación de esta tesis doctoral y por ello quiero aprovechar este espacio para agradecerles.Agradezco inmensamente y desde lo profundo de mi corazón a Dios, por ser la guía y la fortaleza que sostiene mi vida y por crear la oportunidad de realizar este Doctorado.A Alberto Garrido tutor de esta tesis doctoral, por la supervisión académica brindada a lo largo de la realización de la misma, así como por la paciencia y apoyo brindado en todo momento; valoro cada tiempo que me dedicaste y los consejos que me proporcionaste y también te agradezco por abrirme las puertas del CEIGRAM y darme la oportunidad de colaborar en el libro Water for Food and Wellbeing in Latin America and the Caribbean. A Eduardo Santellano Estrada le agradezco por invitarme a realizar una estancia de investigación en la Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, México, en el Centro de Extensión e Innovación Rural (CEIR) Noroeste (Enero-Abril 2015), quien me dio la oportunidad de colaborar en el "Proyecto de Cooperación Binacional de Extensión e Innovación Universitaria, bajo el Modelo Land Grand", este proyecto me permitió obtener la información necesaria, para realizar esta tesis de doctoral, muchas gracias por la oportunidad brindada.Además, agradezco a los colaboradores del CEIR en especial a Gerardo, Sandra, Ireyli, Fanni, y a todos por su amable acogida.Quiero expresar mi inmenso agradecimiento a todas las familias de las comunidades de la Sierra Tarahumara encuestadas, quienes me abrieron sus puertas, su gran bondad contribuyó decisivamente a la finalización del trabajo de campo. Asimismo, agradezco, a los líderes locales de San Ignacio de Arareco, al Comisario Daniel Villalobos, a los extensionistas del CEIR y a los traductores locales. Mi especial agradecimiento a Don Candelario, Rosita, Marco, Pablo, Julio y Armando, quienes me acompañaron a realizar las encuestas, muchas gracias.Al CEIGRAM, a sus directivos, y todos sus miembros. Quiero agradecer principalmente al Profesor José María Sumpsi, por su apoyo brindado desde que fue mi profesor de la asignatura de Desarrollo Rural en el Máster de Economía, hasta la fecha.Gracias también a Inés Mínguez, Ana Tarquis, Isabel Bardají, Esperanza, Katerina, Begoña, y todos los compañeros del CEIGRAM por la confraternidad brindada en estos años que estuve realizando la tesis.Al Departamento de Economía Agraria, Estadística y Gestión de Empresas y a su program...

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“…This will allow for adequate planning and implementation of effective development strategies. Researchers should also include the implementation of complex baseline surveys, particularly in urban households that are vulnerable to food insecurity in various regions of the global South (Crush & Frayne, 2011;Legwegoh & Hovorka, 2013). More large-scale research initiatives -such as the African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) (see Crush & Frayne, 2011) -need to be undertaken throughout the developing world that involve universities, nongovernmental organizations, and government actors.…”

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Toward Alternative Food Systems Development: Exploring Limitations and Research Opportunities

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In recent years, interest in alternative food systems (AFS) has grown both in the popular imagination and in the academic literature. The literature is rife with justifications (or hopes) for the continued and necessary expansion of AFS in the face of unsustainable conventional food provisioning. Within the next five years it will be important to determine how to make alternatives more stable in order for them to play a more prominent role in battling the food insecurity and other social and economic challenges equated with agro-industrial foods. The goal of this commentary is to demonstrate some highly context-specific challenges and possible research trajectories in both the global South and the global North. We argue that in the global South more robust data collection can strengthen local food systems and traditional foods research, while in the global North, food skills and food literacy research may be important for scaling up and making alternative food systems more stable without compromising important social and economic ideals.

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Food Price, Food Security and Dietary Diversity: A Comparative Study of Urban Cameroon and Ghana

Legwegoh

Therien

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J of Intl Development

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This paper contributes to the urban food security literature by presenting the results of 600 household surveys conducted in Ghana and Cameroon. In this, we show how dietary diversity, which is a well-developed proxy for food security, is similar in both countries but varies significantly based on household demographic characteristics. In particular, smaller, better-off and more educated households were likely to have higher levels of dietary diversity and were less likely to respond to rising food prices by reducing diets or shifting buying patterns. In addition, households that live in 'primary' cities that are large and well integrated into global markets also enjoyed higher levels of dietary diversity. This research contributes to debates around whether or not food security is enhanced by being integrated into global markets or whether it is better served through national or regional food systems. The evidence uncovered here suggests that for well-off households, integration into global markets is probably preferable as such households enjoy more diverse diets.

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Assessing food insecurity in Botswana: the case of Gaborone

Cited by 20 publications

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Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Food security measurement in rural households: the case of indigenous communities in Sierra Tarahumara, Mexico

Toward Alternative Food Systems Development: Exploring Limitations and Research Opportunities

Food Price, Food Security and Dietary Diversity: A Comparative Study of Urban Cameroon and Ghana

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