Assessment on the State of Household Food Security in Bahi District, Tanzania
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Date
2016
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Modern Scientific Press
Abstract
Abstract: This paper is an attempt to assess the variations on the state of household food security in Bahi district, Tanzania. A cross sectional research design with quantitative and qualitative methods was employed to 130 household heads. Interviews, focus group discussions, documentary review and field observations were used in data collection. Descriptive statistics including frequencies and percentages were used to analyze quantitative data while content analysis has been used to analyze qualitative data. Findings indicate that the total actual grain available during the time of survey was 740 bags, meeting only 61.1% of the total requirements of 1210 bags. Analysis on the number of meals eaten per day during the time of this study affirmed that only 20.8% of the sampled households could afford the normal three meals a day. The study concludes that, transitory household food insecurity is real in the study area calling for viable measures to be taken including improvement in food production, availability, proper storage, supply, proper use of the harvested crops and improvement of peoples’ livelihoods are inevitable. This can be done through provision of soft credit, agricultural inputs, farming and storage education and improvement of transport systems to ensure timely supply and distribution of food in times of critical food shortage.
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household, food security, food insecurity, food consumption, food shortage, Tanzania
Citation
Myeya, H. E., & Kamangu, A. A. (2016). Assessment on the State of Household Food Security in Bahi District, Tanzania. Int. J. Food Nutr. Saf, 7(3), 126-137.