Community, cohesion and context: Agrarian development and religion in Eastern Region, Ghana

Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson; Djurfeldt, Göran; Sarpong, Daniel Bruce

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.12.010

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“…The quantitative analysis is supplemented by qualitative interviews with 30 individuals in two villages in Western Kenya (Andersson & Wambugu, ; Andersson Djurfeldt, ; Andersson Djurfeldt & Wambugu, ), 15 interviews in four villages in Malawi (Andersson, ) and 28 interviews in four villages in eastern and upper eastern regions in Ghana carried out in 2011 (Andersson Djurfeldt, Djurfeldt & Sarpong, ). The aim of the interviews was to understand the composition of local livelihoods and the functioning of food transfers, broadly speaking.…”

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Multi‐Local Livelihoods and Food Security in Rural Africa

Djurfeldt

2014

J of Intl Development

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This article analyses household‐based food transfers as an expression of multi‐local livelihoods. Transfers of maize outside the co‐resident household unit are analysed on the basis of data from 2857 smallholder households across nine African countries. The study complements a growing interest in the role of food transfers for urban food security, through considering the food security implications for sending households. Food transfers in the top income quintile consist of distributing surplus production, whereas in the lower quintiles, transfers clearly compromise the food security of the sending households. The spatial mismatch between household production and consumption points to the need for development strategies that consider these wider subsistence obligations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%