Vulnerability in crisis: urban household food insecurity in Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tawodzera, Godfrey

doi:10.1007/s12571-011-0152-1

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“…Thus, a lower household income and increased family size tend to worsen household food insecurity. The findings from related studies done in Zimbabwe, Humbo and Sodo town agree with this finding [19,27,31,32]. The study also revealed as daily laborers were 16 times more likely to be food insecure compared to self-employed.…”

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Household food insecurity and associated factors among households in Wolaita Sodo town, 2015

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Background: Culturally, food insecurity is expected in rural households. But it is considerable in urban setting due to many factors. Yet this has been hardly recognized in the study area. Therefore, this study intended to assess the level of household food insecurity and associated factors among households in Wolaita Sodo town, Southern Ethiopia, 2015. Methods:A cross-sectional study was conducted in Wolaita Sodo town. Overall, 609 households were selected from the town by multistage sampling. Data were collected using pretested and structured tool through interviewing household heads. Household food insecurity access was assessed with Household Food Insecurity Access Scale questions. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16 statistical package. All descriptive statistics were performed by univariate analysis. Bivariate analyses were also performed to identify crude predictors of household food insecurity, and finally, multivariable logistic regression was used to develop final model indicating the predictors of outcome variable.Results: Based on the findings of this study, about 37.6% households were food insecure. Of those households, 10.8% were mildly food insecure, 23.2 and 3.6% households were moderately and severely food insecure, respectively. Factors associated with household food insecurity were marital status (single household head) (AOR 4.06 at 95% CI 1.24, 13.27), greater than two dependent members (AOR 3.03 at 95% CI 1.38, 6.63), households headed with daily laborers (AOR 16.0 at 95% CI 4.57, 56.03), higher monthly income (AOR 0.013, at 95% CI 0.004, 0.05) and low monthly food expenditure (AOR 10.56 at 95% CI 2.61, 42.71) in the study area. Conclusions:Household food insecurity was high in the study area compared to urban national level. Being single household head, having more than two dependent members in the household, daily laborers of household head and low monthly food outlay had statistically significant relationship with household food insecurity in negative direction. On the other hand, higher monthly income was significantly associated variable with household food insecurity in affirmative track. So, findings appoint as attention needed on stabilization of food markets, designing urban household food insecurity strategies and creating job opportunities to improve household food security in the setting.

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Household food insecurity and associated factors among households in Wolaita Sodo town, 2015

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“…At the same time, there is also a possibility that the large family size may provide more working members, thereby decreasing the family's risk of being food‐insecure. Dependency ratio is, therefore, expected to be negatively associated with food security as it increases the number of people to be fed by a few working household members (Tawodzera, ).…”

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“…Dependency ratio is, therefore, expected to be negatively associated with food security as it Figure 1: Resource-agency-outcome empowerment framework Source: Adapted from Alsop and Heinson (2005) and Alsop et al (2006). increases the number of people to be fed by a few working household members (Tawodzera, 2011).…”

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Effects of ‘women empowerment’ on household food security in rural KwaZulu‐Natal province

Sharaunga¹,

Mudhara²,

Bogale³

2016

Development Policy Review

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Understanding the dimensions of 'women's empowerment' that influence food security among rural households is crucial to inform policy. This study uses the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) to identify the food security status of 300 primary female-headed households in Msinga, South Africa. Principal Component Analysis was then used to identify the various dimensions along which the rural women sampled were empowered. Finally, the Ordered Logit model was used to identify the dimensions of women's empowerment that influence their household food security status. It was found that households headed by women with higher levels of economic agency, physical capital empowerment, psychological empowerment and farm financial management skills empowerment were more likely to be food secure.

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“…An estimated prevalence of 11.0% of the global population is undernourished and a higher 12.9% is observed in developing countries (FAO 2015). Food insecurity is not only limited to rural areas but is also observed in urban areas (Frimpong 2013;Tawodzera 2011). Rural to urban migration is usually associated with change consumption habits (Frimpong 2013;Puoane et al 2006).…”

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Consumption patterns of edible insects in rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe: taste, nutritional value and availability are key elements for keeping the insect eating habit

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Edible insect consumption is a traditional practice in many countries and has the potential to contribute to food security. The aim of this study is to obtain insight into insect consumption patterns amongst rural and urban populations, and into factors that may influence these patterns. For this purpose, a case study was made in Zimbabwe. A literature-based conceptual model indicated that motives for consumption, individual characteristics, consumer environment, availability, food characteristics, and indigenous knowledge could affect edible insect consumption. A survey amongst 200 urban and 175 rural respondents showed that insect consumption was significantly higher in rural (89.7%) than in urban (80.0%) areas. Rural respondents (63.9%) consumed insects more than three times a week on average as compared to urban (14.5%) respondents. Quantities consumed as snacks are significantly different between urban and rural respondents. Taste was the main motive of respondents in both the rural (89.2%) and urban areas (74.4%). Respondents in urban areas more often reported nutritional value (74.4%) and medicinal properties (28.1%) as important motives for consumption compared to rural respondents (51.0% and 15.3%, respectively). For rural areas, socio-demographics did not relate to consumption of edible insects whereas in urban areas, insect consumption was negatively related to education, main livelihood source and monthly income. Availability of edible insects influences both urban (64.0%) and rural (83.0%) respondents' consumption of insects. The lower consumption of specific insect species in urban areas could hamper the potential contribution of insects to food security in these areas. Therefore, promotion of entomophagy by marketing and maintaining traditional knowledge on insect processing should target urban people through provision of tasty products, communicating nutritional value.

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Vulnerability in crisis: urban household food insecurity in Epworth, Harare, Zimbabwe

Cited by 50 publications

References 19 publications

Household food insecurity and associated factors among households in Wolaita Sodo town, 2015

Household food insecurity and associated factors among households in Wolaita Sodo town, 2015

Effects of ‘women empowerment’ on household food security in rural KwaZulu‐Natal province

Consumption patterns of edible insects in rural and urban areas of Zimbabwe: taste, nutritional value and availability are key elements for keeping the insect eating habit

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