Off-farm work and food security status of farming households in Ghana

Kuwornu, John K.M.; Osei, Evelyn; Osei-Asare, Yaw B.; Porgo, Mohamed

doi:10.1080/09614524.2018.1476466

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“…Credit access: Access to credit is a household's ability to obtain credit in cash for either consumption or to support agricultural production [37]. Credit obtained for consumption increases a households' consumption basket [38].…”

Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

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Impact of Market Participation on Household Food Security among Smallholder Irrigators in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cele

Mudhara

2022

Agriculture

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Food insecurity is a global challenge. The reduction of hunger is a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) target widely seen as a measure for evaluating the progress of the well-being of rural people. This study aimed to investigate the impact of collective action and market participation on household food security. Data were collected using a structured survey questionnaire from 243 randomly selected households in Msinga Local Municipality. The binary probit model findings revealed that farmers’ group membership, market participation, gender, the total number of cattle owned, farm income, and credit access increased the likelihood of a food-secure household. This paper’s findings have crucial implications for the government and other development agencies for improving household food-security status. The findings identified collective action and market participation to be contributing to food-insecurity alleviation. The government and private organisations need to encourage and empower existing farmers’ groups through community mobilisation.

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Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of Market Participation on Household Food Security among Smallholder Irrigators in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cele

Mudhara

2022

Agriculture

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“…Therefore, farmers' ability to purchase food from the market using their revenues indicate that they are food secured. Also, the daily calorie requirement approach using the minimum daily energy requirement (MDER) is used to measure food security (Osarfo et al, 2016;Kuwornu et al, 2018). The MDER is the amount of energy needed for light activity and maintaining a minimum acceptable weight for attained height (FAO and WFP, 2010).…”

Section: Measurement Of Household Food Insecuritymentioning

confidence: 99%

An analysis of the effect of fall armyworm on the food security status of maize-producing households in Ghana

Bannor

Oppong-Kyeremeh

Aguah³

et al. 2022

IJSE

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PurposeThe paper aims to examine fall armyworm's (FAW) effect on Ghana's farming households' income and food security status.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 225 farmers, including FAW-infested households and non-FAW-infested households, were interviewed. Gross margin (GM) analysis was used to estimate farmers' farm revenues, and the Household Food Insecurity Access Scores (HFIAS) was employed to measure the food security status of the households. The seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) was adopted to investigate the effect of FAW infestation on gross income and food security.FindingsFrom the study, FAW attack is predominant during the vegetative stage of the maize plant. The empirical results revealed that FAW-infested farms incur loss, whereas non-FAW-infested farmers gained profit. Also, FAW-infested households were mildly food insecure, while non-FAW-infested households were food secured. The results of SUR analysis reveal that FAW infestation decreased farmers' income from maize production and rendered them food insecure.Research limitations/implicationsOne limitation of this study is that it largely depended on a survey; however, future studies can combine both survey and experimental data from the farmers' fields during minor and major growing seasons of maize.Originality/valueGiven the negative consequences of FAW, studies have been conducted across Africa and globally. However, most of these studies concentrated on using geographic information system (GIS) and descriptive statistics without necessarily quantifying the effect of FAW on food security and the profit margins of farming households. Therefore, this study adds to the little literature on the effect of FAW on food security and GM from maize production, which has received less attention in Ghana to the authors' best knowledge.

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“…For most rural women, off-farm income serves as a riskreducing strategy for the households or as a means to earn respect from society or gain economic independence (McElwee and Al-Riyami, 2003); serve as a pathway out of poverty (Alobo, 2015;Adeoye et al, 2019); a risk-reducing strategy (Barrett et al, 2001); climate change adaptation strategy among households in Ghana (Oppong-Kyeremeh and Bannor, 2018) and employment generation (Imai et al, 2015). As such most farmers are more likely to invest loans as a means of earning off-farm income (Chang and Mishra, 2008;Kuwornu et al, 2018). Therefore, revenues from off-farm sources have grown in importance, accounting for about 35% of rural household incomes in sub-Saharan Africa (Haggblade et al, 2010).…”

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Village savings and loans association participation and impact on off-farm income among rural women

Bannor

Oppong-Kyeremeh

Derkyi

et al. 2020

JEC

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the factors that influence rural women’s participation in Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) and the savings contribution in the Kassena-Nankana West District of Ghana. The study also analysed the impact of VSLA participation on off-farm income and on poverty. Design/methodology/approach In total, 120 rural women were selected for this study. The probit and heteroskedasticity linear regression models were used to examine the factors that influence VSLA participation and the savings made by members, respectively. The propensity score matching technique, coupled with Rosenbaum Sensitivity analysis, were used to analyse the impact of VSLA on off-farm income and poverty. Findings Demographic and livelihood factors such as human, natural, financial, physical and social capitals have different influences on the participation and the savings contribution in the VSLA. Moreover, VSLA has a significant impact on off-farm income; however, it did not affect poverty. Originality/value Despite the numerous studies on VSLA, there is little evidence of literature of its impact on off-farm income of rural women in West Africa, specifically, Ghana. Thus, this paper expands the frontiers of the existing literature on VSLA impact assessment and the factors that influence the savings made by women in the association.

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Off-farm work and food security status of farming households in Ghana

Cited by 22 publications

References 23 publications

Impact of Market Participation on Household Food Security among Smallholder Irrigators in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Impact of Market Participation on Household Food Security among Smallholder Irrigators in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

An analysis of the effect of fall armyworm on the food security status of maize-producing households in Ghana

Village savings and loans association participation and impact on off-farm income among rural women

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