Households and Food Security in Developing Countries: Smallholders Rural Households' Efforts in Attaining Food Security - Softcover

Lusweti, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848449331 ISBN 13: 9783848449330

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Food security is a major concern world over. While income levels are closely correlated with performance of the agricultural sector in developing countries, decreasing land size, lack of credit, inadequate use of appropriate technologies, lack of appropriate marketing channels among other factors constrain farmers’ production. Food security and income generation of households is threatened since agricultural production is adversely affected by the constraints. Can non-agricultural income generating activities improve the situation when the agricultural sector is deteriorating? This book gives insights of how selected factors (farm size, age; gender; education level of the household head, access to credit, access to market information and use of appropriate technologies) have influenced smallholder rural households’ participation in non-agricultural income generating activities and the implications of this on food security. The findings are useful to inform policy formulators and implementers on critical factors to consider regarding interventions in a bid to improve food security of smallholder rural households.

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About the Author

Mr. Charles Mamati Lusweti is a Kenyan born on 6th November, 1977 in Bungoma. He holds an MSc in Agricultural Extension and a BSc in Agricultural Education and Extension from Egerton University, Kenya. He is the Data Management Officer, National Accelerated Agricultural Inputs Access Programme in the Ministry of Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848449331
• ISBN 13: 9783848449330
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104