Vulnerability to and coping strategies against food insecurity in Chamwino district, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorAssenga, Emiliana A.
dc.contributor.authorKayunze, Kim A.
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-02T12:34:22Z
dc.date.available2023-08-02T12:34:22Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionBook Chapteren_US
dc.description.abstractVulnerability to food insecurity persists in Chamwino District in spite of presence of various strategies to fight against it. The research on which this paper is based aimed at determining vulnerability to and coping strategies against food insecurity in the district. Specifically, the paper assesses the extent of vulnerability to food insecurity, determines coping strategies against vulnerability to food insecurity, analyses determinants of vulnerability to food insecurity and compares vulnerability to food insecurity among households with different coping strategies. A cross- sectional research design was used to collect data from 400 households which were randomly selected. A household food insecurity access scale was used to measure vulnerability to food insecurity. Using multiple linear regression total annual household income per adult equivalent, non-farm income generating activities, reducing meal size and food stored significantly influenced (p < 0.05) surveyed households’ vulner- ability to food insecurity. Most households relied on less preferred foods as a food insecurity coping strategy. Households were vulnerable to food insecurity with 75% of households experiencing mildly to severe vulnerability to food insecurity. One-way ANOVA showed that vulnerability to food insecurity differed significantly (p < 0.001) among households with different coping strategies. The paper concludes that coping strategies used against vulnerability to food insecurity had short-term effects, and vulnerability to food insecurity differed significantly based on coping strategies. Improving non-farm income generating activities, total house- hold income and increasing food stored in the household can help more reduce vulnerability to food insecurity than any other factors can do. Ac- cordingly, these factors should be given high importance, among others.en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-83-7401-645-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5519
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectFood insecurityen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.subjectCoping strategiesen_US
dc.subjectChamwinoen_US
dc.titleVulnerability to and coping strategies against food insecurity in Chamwino district, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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