Download or read book Assessing the Effectiveness of Farmer Input Support Programme on Rural Poverty and Household Food Security Among Small Scale Farmers written by Nicholas Manda and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zambia, like any other developing country is faced with the problem of reducing high rural poverty and household food insecurity. Despite the country sustaining a real economic growth of more than 5% since the year 2005, the majority of Zambians still live in poverty as economic growth has not resulted in uplifting the well-being of the poor. In addition, the exposition of the population to economic reforms market economic liberalisation facilitated by the SAP and unfavourable weather conditions (droughts) has increased peoples vulnerability to poverty. The severity of poverty is more pronounced in rural areas than urban areas thereby necessitating the need to intervene through farmer input support programme to bring the situation under control. The main objective of the dissertation was to assess the effectiveness of FISP on rural poverty reduction through raising income and its effect on household food security. To achieve the above objective, the paper was guided by two specific objectives; (i) to assess the impact of FISP on rural poverty by increasing income of the target population and (ii) to examine the extent to which FISP contributes to household food security on the targeted small-scale farmers in Zambia. Further, the paper tested two hypotheses: (i) FISP has no impact on raising small-scale farmers income and hence rural poverty reduction on the target population and (ii) FISP has a positive impact on household and national food security. The papers main research problem was that despite the government had been spending huge sums of money on FISP with a view to reduce poverty, the high incidence of rural poverty raises questions about the effectiveness of the program to address the problem. The paper combined both desk-top and quantitative studies in the methodological approach. Literature from international development organisations on FISP and a wide range of journals, research papers and articles have been used to guide the discussion, analysis, and drawing of conclusions and recommendations. Further, a field data-set collected by IAPRI in conjunction with the Central Statistical Office on FISP was used to test the above hypotheses. Despite the government implementing various input support programmes (FCP, FISP, FSP and FSPP) to empower small-scale farmers in terms of access to income and improve household food security, the programmes have been marred with a lot of operational challenges. There has been undercoverage of the poor and leakage of the programme to the non-poor. The causes of targeting errors have been partly due to entry requirements (cooperative membership fees, access xii to land) which have acted as an exclusion mechanism for the poor farmers who cannot afford to pay membership fees. In addition, acquisition of entitlements ability to cultivate between 0.5 ha and 5ha to qualify for participation has excluded the poorest of the poor who cannot meet the entitlement requirements. Targeting efficiency has been further weakened by the requirement to pay cash upfront payment before collecting fertiliser which has disadvantaged the genuinely poor who cannot meet the subsidy input cost. Leakage (type II error) has been necessitated by the government assumption that larger farmers are efficient in fertiliser usage and hence maize production than smaller farmers. This has led to disproportionate allocation of fertiliser in favour of larger farmers who reap the benefits of the programme. The paper has also highlighted that FISP has contributed to increase in maize production in Zambia resulting in the country achieving national food self-sufficiency. However, the increase in maize production has not translated into poverty reduction. Rural poverty has remained high at 77.8% despite implementing the programme for more than a decade. The high rural poverty incidence is explained by the fact that increase in maize production is achieved by the less poor with more land, asset base and income On average they sell 1.7 to 15.1 tons of maize to FRA as compared to 135kg sold by small farmers cultivating less than 2 ha of land. In addition, larger farmers receive more subsidised inputs than poor farmers thereby empowering the non-target population of the programme. Political interference has further led to arbitrariness in the selection of programme participants resulting in leakage of fertiliser to commercial outlet where it is sold. Late delivery of inputs has also led to reduction in the yield per hectare as it reduces the maize response rate to fertiliser - fertiliser improves crop performance when applied at the recommended time. The paper concludes that FISP has no impact on raising the income of the target population and thus on rural poverty reduction. However, FISP has a positive impact on national and household food security though undernourishment and food inadequacy has been rising since 2002. The paper recommends the following; (i) government should implement narrow targeting to concentrate the benefits of the program on the poor, (ii) government should put up a deliberate land empowerment policy through resettlement scheme, (iii) government should promote small-scale irrigation to fight seasonal food insecurity and (iv) Ministry of Agriculture should regulate cooperatives and ensures that the membership fees they change are affordable by the poor.
Download or read book The Impact Assessment of the Food Security Pack and Its Effectiveness on Enhancing Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers written by University of Zambia. Institute of Economic and Social Research and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Government transfers COVID 19 shock and food insecurity Evidence from rural households in India written by Kumar, Anjani and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated the lives and livelihoods of people around the world. The impact of COVID-19 has been especially devastating for low-income families in rural areas of India. Food insecurity became pervasive in rural areas soon after the nationwide lockdown was announced, as many families relied on daily wage work to fund basic necessities. By providing cash transfers and the additional foodgrains, Indian policymakers acted swiftly to reduce the financial impact on family income and consumption. This paper investigates the factors affecting the participation of rural families in the cash transfer program and the effect of government cash transfers on food insecurity. Results indicate that the government cash transfer program in India decreased moderate food insecurity by 2.4% and severe food insecurity by about 0.92%.
Download or read book Food Policy for the Poor written by Joachim Von Braun and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rural poverty analysis written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reducing rural poverty is a key objective of FAO. To achieve this goal, the Organization must reach the poor and the extremely poor in rural areas, analysing their needs and aspirations and providing effective guidance for the design of policies and investments that foster inclusive and sustainable development. This guide was developed to strengthen the Organization’s work on rural poverty reduction and inclusivity over the coming years. It provides key information to measure poverty, characterize rural populations, and identify their constraints to target them more accurately. The guide includes five chapters. Chapter 1 explains the structure, content, and use of the guide, as well as its intended users and objectives. Chapter 2 discusses how poverty is measured, focusing on the different indicators that can be used, depending on the context, specific circumstances, data availability and policy objectives. Chapter 3 provides guidance on how to build a poverty profile and produce poverty maps to understand who the poor are and where they are located. Chapter 4 focuses on the targeting process, on various targeting techniques and on how to choose one over another to ensure that programmes and projects effectively combat poverty, particularly in rural areas. Finally, Chapter 5 sets the next steps for the development of further analytical guides. The various chapters provide an overview of both widely used and emerging techniques in poverty analysis, focusing on quantitative methods, and giving constant attention to FAO’s areas of work and the challenges posed by operating in rural areas.
Download or read book Examining perceptions of food assistance on household food security and resilience in Malawi written by Margolies, Amy and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malawi is extremely vulnerable to shocks and recurrent food crises (Barrett & Headey 2014). Malawi also suffers from persistently high levels of undernutrition (DHS 2016). Humanitarian aid has played an important role in alleviating hunger during emergencies, such as those in 2015-16 and 2016-17. However, the Government of Malawi and Development partners recognize that emergency responses are not a sustainable solution. This qualitative study examines the characteristics of resilient households and perceived effects of programs to improve food security and resilience from the perspective of the beneficiaries and communities they serve.
Download or read book FAO Social Protection Framework written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAO Social Protection Framework presents the Organization’s vision and approach to social protection. FAO recognizes the critical role social protection plays in furthering and accelerating progress around food security and nutrition, agriculture development, rural poverty and resilience building.
Download or read book Agricultural Input Subsidies written by Ephraim Chirwa and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes forward our understanding of agricultural input subsidies in low income countries.
Download or read book Targeting Small Scale Farmers in the Implementation of Zambia s Poverty Reducation Strategy Paper PRSP written by Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Kronti ne Akwamu' Annual Democracy lecture deliverd [i.e. delivered] by Professor Larry Diamonds [i.e. Diamond] at the British Council on February 29, 2005.
Download or read book Food Security of Women Farmers The Impact of Climate Change written by Namita Nepal and published by Women's Rehabilitation Center (WOREC). This book was released on 2015-05-31 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change has a major impact on food security in Nepal. Almost all women farmers in the country depend upon agriculture as a major source of income to enhance their food security. There has thus far been no systematic study about the impact of climate change on food security of women farmers. Therefore to fill this lacuna, the present study was conducted in five Village Development Committees with 150 households of Udayapur district in Nepal. The present research aims to study the perception of farmers about climate change, the impact of climate change on agriculture and food security. It also documents the adaptation strategies that farmers practice. The study also attempts to study the agricultural policies through a gender perspective and identify the gaps in the policy. Both primary and secondary sources were used for data collection. The production of the major food crops like wheat, maize, rice, fruits fresh vegetables and livestock has been in relative decline since the past several years. Sometimes total crop failure occurred due to drought, excessive rainfall or an epidemic of insects, pests and diseases. The change in the climatic pattern has resulted in decreased crop productivity that increases food insecurity of the people. Farmers use different adaptation measures to cope with the adverse effect of climate change. These helped to minimise crop losses and improve the food security situation of women farmers by preventing crop loss. The national agricultural policy was found lacking in gender sensitivity. Based on the analysis of the data, recommendations have been made to the government.
Download or read book Poverty Household Food Security and Nutrition in Rural Areas written by K. Uma Maheswari and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2000 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing food security in a predominantly rural economy such as India, requires an understanding not only of how agricultural policies of food supply and incomes but also how households acquire food and cope with insecurity of food. Many economists regard income as the main indicator of welfare, but other planners maintain that food consumption, health and nutrition of household members are also important in defining a household s standard of living. The main concerned of this study is to trace the pathways from economic and social policies to food security and ultimately to nutrition. Contents: Introduction, Review of Literature, Materials and Methods, Results and Discussion, Summary and Conclusions.
Download or read book Poverty and food insecurity during COVID 19 Telephone survey evidence from mothers in rural and urban Myanmar written by Headey, Derek D. and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2020-10-07 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myanmar had one of the lowest confirmed COVID-19 caseloads in the world in mid-2020 and was one of the few developing countries not projected to go into economic recession. However, macroeconomic projections are likely to be a poor guide to individual and household welfare in a fast-moving crisis that has involved disruption to an unusually wide range of sectors and livelihoods. To explore the impacts of COVID-19 disruptions on household poverty and coping strategies, as well as maternal food insecurity experiences, this study used a telephone survey conducted in June and July 2020 covering 2,017 mothers of nutritionally vulnerable young children in urban Yangon and rural villages of Myanmar’s Dry Zone. Stratifying results by location, livelihoods, and asset-levels, and using retrospective questions on pre-COVID-19 incomes and various COVID-19 impacts, we find that the vast majority of households have been adversely affected from loss of income and employment. Over three-quarters cite income/job losses as the main impact of COVID-19 – median incomes declined by one third and $1.90/day income-based poverty rose by around 27 percentage points between January and June 2020. Falling into poverty was most strongly associated with loss of employment (including migrant employment), but also with recent childbirth. The poor commonly coped with income losses through taking loans/credit, while better-off households drew down on savings and reduced non-food expenditures. Self-reported food insecurity experiences were much more common in the urban sample than in the rural sample, even though income-based and asset-based poverty were more prevalent in rural areas. In urban areas, around one quarter of respondents were worried about food quantities and quality, and around 10 percent stated that there were times when they had run out of food or gone hungry. Respondents who stated that their household had lost income or experienced food supply problems due to COVID-19 were more likely to report a variety of different food insecurity experiences. These results raise the concern that the welfare impacts of the COVID-19 crisis are much more serious and widespread than macroeconomic projections would suggest. Loss of employment and casual labor are major drivers of increasing poverty. Consequently, economic recovery strategies must emphasize job creation to revitalize damaged livelihoods. However, a strengthened social protection strategy should also be a critical component of economic recovery to prevent adversely affected households from falling into poverty traps and to avert the worst forms of food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly among households with pregnant women and young children. The recent second wave of COVID-19 infections in Myanmar from mid-August onwards makes the expansion of social protection even more imperative.
Download or read book Poverty and Inequality Among Farming Households written by Benjamin Asogwa and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty reduction strategies have been at the center stage of development programmes. Agriculture has been a central element of focus on poverty reduction strategy. Nigerian agriculture is dominated by small scale farmers who produce the bulk of food in the country. The vicious circle of poverty among these farmers largely accounts for unimpressive performance of the agricultural sector. Increasing growth in the agricultural sector is the most efficient means of alleviating poverty and generating long-term sustainable development. Resources must be used much more efficiently, with more attention paid to eliminating waste. The success in achieving broad-based economic growth depends largely on the ability to efficiently utilize the available resources. A very little empirical literature exists on the link between resource use efficiency and poverty reduction among farming households. This book, therefore, provides useful information on poverty and inequality among farming households. This book should help shed some light on the link between resource use efficiency and poverty reduction among farming households, and should be especially useful as a guide for poverty reduction policy.
Download or read book Fostering food purchase programmes in widespread poverty contexts written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents the programming approach adopted in Niger to implement food purchases for food assistance and provide procurement preferential treatment for small-scale family farming food outputs. The study provides a detailed description of the selection of farmers and discusses the main constrains faced in a pilot scale and introduces an analysis of challenges and opportunities of the approach for broader Governmental initiatives of food procurement.
Download or read book Farming Systems and Poverty written by John A. Dixon and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Download or read book An Information Appraoch to Household Food Security written by Moira Gundu and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The research sought to examine the impact of the level of literacy. The research was informed by the diffusions of innovations theory and data was collected through interviews, observation and document study. Selected female farmers from Chirau communal lands were respondents to the self administered interviews and focus group discussions. Representatives from, Agriculture Extension and the Ministry of Agriculture were key informants. Systematic Random sampling was used to select 100 female respondents from the age of 18 to above 80 from wards 1 to 10 of Chirau Rural District in Zimbabwe. Data was analyzed into themes and coded for statistical analysis using the SPSS. The country is faced with food insecurity and the main findings of this study support the view that women play an active role in food production but their potential is limited by inadequate levels of literacy that affect the way they access and utilize resources for sustainable agriculture and household food security among other factors. This may be generalized to the situation of female farmers in Zimbabwe.
Download or read book The Impact of Development Strategies on the Rural Poor written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
