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Impact of conditional cash transfer on household food security in Sumbawanga municipality, Tanzania
(Global scientific journal, 2022) Kisiwa, Mariam David; Allan, Tumaini
In Tanzania, poor households are served with Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to increase their incomes and opportunities while improving their food and non-food consumption. The study aimed at assessing the impact of conditional cash transfer on poverty reduction on household food security in the Sumbawanga Municipality, Tanzania. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design. This study used quantitative data generated from the household survey with a sample of 450 households. Data were analyzed by using propensity score matching with the aid of STATA 14. The study findings show that on average conditional cash transfer programmes have a significant effect on improving a household’s food security by increasing food consumption by 47 percent and reducing adverse coping strategies by 59 percent. Cash given used to purchase food and reduce adverse coping strategies that make households have food security and reduced vulnerability. The study recommends that the Ministry under the President’s Office Public Services Management and Good Governance through the conditional cash transfer programme to increase the amount of cash given to poor households and the Government, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and other stakeholders should work together with the conditional cash transfer programmes to continue to improve food security. Moreover, the programme is recommended to increase beneficiaries to help more households to graduate from extreme poverty.