What Determines Food Security among the Farm Households of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan? A Binary Logistic Regression Analysis
What Determines Food Security among the Farm Households of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan? A Binary Logistic Regression Analysis
Muhammad Azam1*, Shaista Naz1*, Malik Muhammad Shafi2, Muhammad Jamil Afridi3 and Ahmad Waheed4
ABSTRACT
Food insecurity being a global issue has immense concerns in developing countries like Pakistan. Where this problem prevails with extensive severity. In this connection, this study was carried out to evaluate the determinants of food security and coping strategies among the farm households of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. For this purpose, the data were collected from 180 farm household heads through an interview schedule. In addition, the food consumption data of households were collected on weekly basis. The dietary intake method was used for the assessment of farm households’ food security by using of 2450 kcal/Day/AE. Descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression, frequencies, and percentages were the main-statistical techniques for data analysis. It has been found that majority of the farm households (65%) were food secure, still the issue of food insecurity prevailed among the 35% of the farm households. The positive determinants included family type, monthly income, and small ruminants, while tenancy and household size were found as the negative determinants of food security. The issue of food insecurity has been coped through the adoption of various strategies like borrowing money to buy food, borrowing of food from friends and relatives, reduction in food quantity demand, and consumption of less preferred food. It has been concluded that food insecurity is a global challenge being confronted by farm households in the particular area. Hence, this study recommends that farm households should engage in the rearing of small ruminants as a diversification strategy, while considering the facts of population control.
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