Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa has largely been characterized as food secure at the national level but food insecure at a household level. This paper explores the impact of value chain participation on food insecurity among smallholder farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal. Purposive sampling technique was used to sampl...
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| description | South Africa has largely been characterized as food secure at the national level but food insecure at a household level. This paper explores the impact of value chain participation on food insecurity among smallholder farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 51 smallholder vegetable farmers who were value chain participants at various levels. The study uses the Household Food Insecurity Access scale (HFIAS) and the Instrumental Variable Poisson model to assess the household food security status and the factors that influence the food security status among the smallholder farmers. The results show that 66.7% of the farmers in the sample were food secure, 17.65% were mildly food insecure, 7.84% were moderately food insecure and 7.84% were severely food insecure. Value chain participation, age of the household head, marital status, formal education, farm income, lease rent on land, access to NGOs, access to agricultural agency, access to credit, access to television, access to extension services and access to an irrigation scheme were significant in impacting household food insecurity. The study concluded that participation in value chains was significant in reducing food insecurity among smallholder farmers in Swayimane and therefore, strategies focusing on enhancing value chain participation among farmers should be adopted along with interventions that enhance value chain participation among smallholder farmers. As empirically posited by the results of this study, the more households are involved in the vegetable value chain, the better the household food intake and food security they become. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b0d6b1e0e4c4132b8ce4eba942491cc2022-12-22T04:29:46ZengElsevierScientific African2468-22762022-07-0116e01168Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-NatalP.N. Ndlovu0J.M. Thamaga-Chitja1T.O. Ojo2African Center for Food Security, University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Agricultural Earth and Environmental Science, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South AfricaAfrican Center for Food Security, University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Agricultural Earth and Environmental Science, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa; Corresponding author.Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria; Disaster Management Training and Education Center for Africa, University of the Free-State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; Corresponding author at: Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, NigeriaSouth Africa has largely been characterized as food secure at the national level but food insecure at a household level. This paper explores the impact of value chain participation on food insecurity among smallholder farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 51 smallholder vegetable farmers who were value chain participants at various levels. The study uses the Household Food Insecurity Access scale (HFIAS) and the Instrumental Variable Poisson model to assess the household food security status and the factors that influence the food security status among the smallholder farmers. The results show that 66.7% of the farmers in the sample were food secure, 17.65% were mildly food insecure, 7.84% were moderately food insecure and 7.84% were severely food insecure. Value chain participation, age of the household head, marital status, formal education, farm income, lease rent on land, access to NGOs, access to agricultural agency, access to credit, access to television, access to extension services and access to an irrigation scheme were significant in impacting household food insecurity. The study concluded that participation in value chains was significant in reducing food insecurity among smallholder farmers in Swayimane and therefore, strategies focusing on enhancing value chain participation among farmers should be adopted along with interventions that enhance value chain participation among smallholder farmers. As empirically posited by the results of this study, the more households are involved in the vegetable value chain, the better the household food intake and food security they become.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227622000758Food securityValue chainKwaZulu-NatalIV-Poisson |
| spellingShingle | P.N. Ndlovu J.M. Thamaga-Chitja T.O. Ojo Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal Scientific African Food security Value chain KwaZulu-Natal IV-Poisson |
| title | Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_full | Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_fullStr | Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_short | Impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in Swayimane KwaZulu-Natal |
| title_sort | impact of value chain participation on household food insecurity among smallholder vegetable farmers in swayimane kwazulu natal |
| topic | Food security Value chain KwaZulu-Natal IV-Poisson |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227622000758 |
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