Determinants of household food security in Nepal: A binary logistic regression analysis
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| 作者 | Maharjan, Keshav Lall ; Joshi, Niraj Prakash |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE
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| 出版日期 | 2011-06 |
| 卷号 | 8期号:3页码:403–413 |
| 关键词 | Food security Nepal Household Resource ownership Occupational caste |
| ISSN号 | 1672-6316 |
| 通讯作者 | Maharjan, KL |
| 英文摘要 | The study reveals that 10.2% of the sampled households in Nepal suffer from chronic food insecurity, i.e., neither are they able to produce sufficient food from their farms nor earn the food security threshold income for deficit months. With the highest and the lowest exponential value of coefficient obtained from binary logistic regression model, it is concluded that any program targeting occupational caste and small landholding farm category or landless will contribute significantly to reduce food insecurity. The provision of employment opportunities for economically active age group, thus, reducing dependency ratio from 1.2 (economically active population) to 0.7 (economically active age group) can also contribute significantly to reduce food insecurity. Significant positive coefficient of family size squared shows the increase in the probability of being foodinsecure with the increase in family size. In addition, an increase in irrigation availability can contribute significantly to reduce food insecurity. A significant proportion of male-headed households and households residing in Tarai are food-secure. This justifies the need to target female-headed households and households residing in Mountain and Hill in any program aimed at resolving food insecurity. A negative and significant association of household's participation in community organizations and food insecurity fortifies the need for inclusion of vulnerable groups such as occupational caste, female-headed households, households with illiterate heads, small landholding farm category or landless, and households residing in Mountain and Hill (including some target communities in Tarai) in community organizations. Furthermore, making these communities a target of food security programs can help significantly to reduce the incidence of food insecurity. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 公开日期 | 2013-08-12 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.imde.ac.cn/handle/131551/5845]  |
| 专题 | 成都山地灾害与环境研究所_Journal of Mountain Science _Journal of Mountain Science-2011_Vol8 No.3 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Maharjan, Keshav Lall,Joshi, Niraj Prakash. Determinants of household food security in Nepal: A binary logistic regression analysis[J]. JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,2011,8(3):403–413. |
| APA | Maharjan, Keshav Lall,&Joshi, Niraj Prakash.(2011).Determinants of household food security in Nepal: A binary logistic regression analysis.JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE,8(3),403–413. |
| MLA | Maharjan, Keshav Lall,et al."Determinants of household food security in Nepal: A binary logistic regression analysis".JOURNAL OF MOUNTAIN SCIENCE 8.3(2011):403–413. |
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来源：成都山地灾害与环境研究所
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