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Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Food Security Status of Maize Growing Households in Selected Areas of Bogra District

Maksuda Mannaf
Department of Agricultural Economics and Policy, Sylhet AgriculturalUniversity, Sylhet

Md. Taj Uddin
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University,Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was conducted to elucidate the determinants of food security among the maize growing rural households of Bogra district. Data were collected from 60 farmers, who were selected using a stratified random sampling method. The sample farmers were classified as small (0.51-1.00 ha), medium (1.01-3.00 ha) and large (above 3.00 ha) according to their possession of land. To collect data, a questionnaire was administered through face-to-face interviews. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, food security index and logit model. The results of the study revealed that almost all rural households in Bogra district were food secured. It was checked by using recommended minimum calorie requirement (i.e., 2122 kcal). Based on the results, 20 (33.33 percent) households were found to be food insecured while the rest 40 (66.67 percent) households were food secured households. Thus, only 20 (33.33 percent) of the sampled households could not get the minimum and above recommended calorie level, i.e., 2122 kcal per capita per day. The results of logit model indicated that four variables out of eight have influence on household’s food security condition. The factors influencing household food security were found to be age of household head, household size, monthly agricultural income and food expenditure. The results of logit model showed that a unit increase in food expenditure will increase the probability of the household being food secure, households with older heads are more food insecure, household food security decreases with increasing household size, and increased income of household’s ensure food security status.

Keywords: Socioeconomic, Food security, Maize, Bogra district

Location: Five villages namely Boga, Rogunathpur, Vootbare, Gopalnagar and Charkadhaho under Dhunat upazila of Bogra district

Start Date: 00-00-2012

End Date: 00-00-2012

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Maize

Objectives:

1. To estimate the extent of food security status of maize farmers; and 2. To identify the factors that influence the farm household‘s food security status.

Methodology:

Although maize is grown all over the Bangladesh, the district Bogra is one of the important regions where it is grown quite extensively. Therefore, on the basis of higher concentration of maize production, five villages namely Boga, Rogunathpur, Vootbare, Gopalnagar and Charkadhaho under Dhunat upazila of Bogra district were purposively selected for the study. A reasonable size of sample to achieve the objectives of the study was taken into account. The farmers were classified as small (0.51-1.00 ha), medium (1.01-3.00 ha) and large farmers (above 3.00 ha) according to their possession of land. By considering all the circumstances, total sample size was 60, among which 40 were small, 12 were medium farmers and 8 were large farmers. The farmers were selected by using stratified random sampling method. To identify the factors influencing the food security status of farming households, two stages of analysis were done. At first a food security index (Z) was constructed and food security status of each household was determined based on the food security line using the recommended daily calorie intake approach and then a logit model was used to estimate the food security status of households as a function of a set of independent determinants. A household whose daily per capita calorie intake up to 2122 kcal was regarded as food secure and those below 2122 kcal regarded as food insecure households.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agric. Econs. XXXV, 1&2(2012) 177-187

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Achievement/Findings:

Based on the empirical evidence emanating from the analysis, it can be concluded that household food security decreases with the increase in age of household heads; and household food security increases with the increase in household monthly income. Food security analysis showed that a unit increase in food expenditure will increase the probability of the household being food secure; and household food security decreases with the increase in household size. The study reveals that the demographic and socioeconomic factors influenced the food security status of maize growing farmers. Among the 60 sampled rural households, 20 (33.3 percent) households were found to be food insecure while the rest 40 (66.7 percent) households were food secured households. Thus, only 20 (33.3 percent) of the sampled households could not get the minimum and above recommended calorie level, i.e., 2122 kcal per capita per day. About 33.33 percent of the sample households were food insecure yet they still survived.

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