Determinants of household food access among small farmers in the Andes : examining the path

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dc.contributor.authorLeah, Jessica
dc.contributor.authorPradel, Willy
dc.contributor.authorCole, Donald C.
dc.contributor.authorPrain, Gordon
dc.contributor.authorCreed-Kanashiro, Hilary
dc.contributor.authorCarrasco, Miluska V.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-26T16:41:16Z
dc.date.available2012-03-26T16:41:16Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractObjective: Household food access remains a concern among primarily agricultural households in lower- and middle-income countries. We examined the associations among domains representing livelihood assets (human capital, social capital, natural capital, physical capital and financial capital) and household food access. Design: Cross-sectional survey (two questionnaires) on livelihood assets. Setting: Metropolitan Pillaro, Ecuador; Cochabamba, Bolivia; and Huancayo, Peru. Subjects: Households (n 570) involved in small-scale agricultural production in 2008. Results: Food access, defined as the number of months of adequate food provisioning in the previous year, was relatively good; 41% of the respondents indicated to have had no difficulty in obtaining food for their household in the past year. Using bivariate analysis, key livelihood assets indicators associated with better household food access were identified as: age of household survey respondent (P50?05), participation in agricultural associations (P50?09), church membership (P50?08), area of irrigated land (P50?08), housing material (P50?06), space within the household residence (P50?02) and satisfaction with health status (P50?02). In path models both direct and indirect effects were observed, underscoring the complexity of the relationships between livelihood assets and household food access. Paths significantly associated with better household food access included: better housing conditions (P50?01), more space within the household residence (P50?001) and greater satisfaction with health status (P50?001). Conclusions: Multiple factors were associated with household food access in these peri-urban agricultural households. Food security intervention programmes focusing on food access need to deal with both agricultural factors and determinants of health to bolster household food security in challenging lower- and middle-income country contexts.en
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dc.identifier.issn1475-2727
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/48622
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD FOOD ACCESSen
dc.subjectFOOD AVAILABILITYen
dc.subjectPERI-URBAN FARMERSen
dc.subjectLIVELIHOODSen
dc.subjectECUADORen
dc.subjectBOLIVIAen
dc.subjectPERUen
dc.subjectNUTRITIONen
dc.subjectHEALTHen
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITYen
dc.subjectPERI-URBAN HOUSEHOLDSen
dc.subjectLOW AND MIDDLE INCOME FARMERSen
dc.subjectHEALTH STATUSen
dc.subjectURBAN FARMINGen
dc.titleDeterminants of household food access among small farmers in the Andes : examining the pathen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
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idrc.noaccessDue to copyright restrictions the full text of this research output is not available in the IDRC Digital Library or by request from the IDRC Library. / Compte tenu des restrictions relatives au droit d'auteur, le texte intégral de cet extrant de recherche n'est pas accessible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI, et il n'est pas possible d'en faire la demande à la Bibliothéque du CRDI.en
idrc.project.number104317
idrc.project.titleHealthy and Sustainable Horticulture Production in the Central Andesen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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