Interrogating the dimensions of human security within the context of migration and rural livelihoods in Honduras

Dodd, Warren; Cerna, Marvin Gómez; Orellana, Paola; Humphries, Sally; Kipp, Amy; Cole, Donald C.

doi:10.1080/21632324.2019.1586342

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“…These challenges in rural regions of Honduras have been exacerbated by a number of factors, including: structural adjustment policies that have reduced state involvement in rural development [18,19]; continual price fluctuations of many foods, goods, and agricultural commodities; and, increased competition from regionalized and globalized agricultural markets [1,17]. One strategy for navigating the impacts of these economic pressures, including increased food insecurity, has been for individuals from rural households to migrate both internally and internationally in search of enhanced socioeconomic opportunities [20,21]. This outmigration has led to several social and economic transitions in rural regions, including the introduction of remittances to rural economies, shortages in manual labour for subsistence agricultural work, and changing inter-and intra-household dynamics [20,[22][23][24].…”

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Factors Associated with Seasonal Food Insecurity among Small-Scale Subsistence Farming Households in Rural Honduras

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In the context of climate change, a nutritional transition, and increased pressures to migrate internally and internationally, this study examined the relationship between seasonal food insecurity and demographic, socioeconomic, and agricultural production factors among small-scale subsistence farmers in rural northern Honduras. Anchored by a partnership with the Fundación para la Investigación Participativa con Agricultores de Honduras (FIPAH) and the Yorito Municipal Health Centre, a cross-sectional household survey was administered in Yorito, Honduras, in July 2014. The study population included 1263 individuals from 248 households across 22 rural communities. A multivariate mixed effects negative binomial regression model was built to investigate the relationship between the self-reported number of months without food availability and access from subsistence agriculture in the previous year (August 2013–July 2014) and demographic, socioeconomic, and agricultural production variables. This study found a lengthier ‘lean season’ among surveyed household than previously documented in Honduras. Overall, 62.2% (95% confidence interval (CI): [59.52, 64.87]) of individuals experienced at least four months of insufficient food in the previous year. Individuals from poorer and larger households were more likely to experience insufficient food compared to individuals from wealthier and smaller households. Additionally, individuals from households that produced both maize and beans were less likely to have insufficient food compared to individuals from households that did not grow these staple crops (prevalence ratio (PR) = 0.83; 95% CI: [0.69, 0.99]). Receiving remittances from a migrant family member did not significantly reduce the prevalence of having insufficient food. As unpredictable crop yields linked to climate change and extreme weather events are projected to negatively influence the food security and nutrition outcomes of rural populations, it is important to understand how demographic, socioeconomic, and agricultural production factors may modify the ability of individuals and households engaged in small-scale subsistence agriculture to respond to adverse shocks.

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Factors Associated with Seasonal Food Insecurity among Small-Scale Subsistence Farming Households in Rural Honduras

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“…The findings showed that, across three programming phases spanning over 18 years, FIPaH fostered transformative (n = 1226), Quijada & Sierra (2018) found that 79.5% were interested in documented international migration and 24.8% were willing to migrate undocumented. Dodd, gómez Cerna, Orellana, et al (2020) found that 88.3% of surveyed students in Yorito, Yoro planned to migrate internally after graduation (n = 53), while 6.7% were considering international migration (n = 4). In 2019, the United States border patrol reported apprehending 253,795 Honduran migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border; more than triple the 2018 rate (CPB, 2019).…”

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‘This Helps You See Life Differently’: Evaluating Youth Development and Capability Expansion in Remote Communities of Honduras

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Humphries

Skinner

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Progress in Development Studies

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Youth in rural Honduras experience barriers to accessing education, vocational training, and social supports for their formative development. This study evaluated over 18 years of youth-specific development interventions implemented by a Honduran organization in two rural municipalities. The study draws on 94 semi-structured interviews and demographic data from 1596 program participants. Three impact pathways were identified through which respondents experienced positive outcomes from program involvement: transformative participation; meaningful collaboration; and low-risk experimentation. The findings parallel known development theories and empowerment frameworks, including the Human Development and Capabilities Approach and Positive Youth Development, thus supporting the effectiveness of these approaches in facilitating youth development and capability expansion in remote Honduran communities.

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“…Since the adoption and formalization of the term human security by the United Nations Commission for Human Security (UNCHS), most of the definitions highlight necessary conditions determinant of human security including protection of individuals and their basic human rights and freedoms, access to material well-being, equality, and environmental sustainability (Adger et al, 2021;Barnett & Adger,2007;Dodd et al, 2020). An important distinction of human security from other conceptualizations of security is that it moves the referent object of security from the state to the people .…”

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“…The chapter considers people's inability to sustainably escape poverty, secure stable income from employment, have sustainable food and nutrition security, insufficient access to health services, and gender inequity and inequality as core values of human security. Thus, socioeconomic policies and their operationalization are fundamental toward the institutional and economic reforms needed to secure humans or protect them against the fear of poverty, lack of jobs, insufficient food, and lack of means to secure health services (Dodd et al, 2020). This would imply or translate into expected longterm social economic transformation and sustainability.…”

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Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

Asaka¹,

Oluoko-Odingo²

2022

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Today's interconnected crises -from environmental and climate change to global pandemics, and migration -are changing the security landscape. What previously was a multifaceted security arena, is today a single security space of interlocking challenges far beyond traditional state-based security. This book offers a new, alternative perspective on human security, offering a way to make sense of this interconnected world. Centered on the dignity, empowerment, and context of people's everyday life in East Africa, Jeremiah O. Asaka and Alice A. Oluoko-Odingo bring together an interdisciplinary set of Eastern African scholars and practitioners to explore human security challenges in the region in new light."

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Interrogating the dimensions of human security within the context of migration and rural livelihoods in Honduras

Cited by 12 publications

References 67 publications

Factors Associated with Seasonal Food Insecurity among Small-Scale Subsistence Farming Households in Rural Honduras

Factors Associated with Seasonal Food Insecurity among Small-Scale Subsistence Farming Households in Rural Honduras

‘This Helps You See Life Differently’: Evaluating Youth Development and Capability Expansion in Remote Communities of Honduras

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

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