Determinants of Food Insecurity According to the Calorie Intake Approach: A Specific Case in South Kivu, DRC

Vwima Ngezirabona Stany; Bumva Birakaheka Judical; Mushagalusa Nachigera Gustave

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Determinants of Food Insecurity According to the Calorie Intake Approach: A Specific Case in South Kivu, DRC

Vwima Ngezirabona Stany, Bumva Birakaheka Judical, Mushagalusa Nachigera Gustave

Published in International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 4)

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This study aims to measure food insecurity and its correlates according to the calorie intake approach. By conducting the consumption survey on a stratified sample grouped into localities considered, here, as strata. The survey covered 139 households. The results show that 84.2% of the respondents generate their income from agriculture and the household lives on US $ 50.09 per month obtained from the optical expenditure. Households allocate more than 50% of this income to food consumption. The calorie intake provided by the consumed food is 1248.28 kcal. The Estimated Energy Need (EEN) calculated was 2303.76 kcal on average, i.e., a negative gap of 1055.48. The estimated results of the LOGIT model for the possibility of being food secure showed that factors of various kinds expose households to food insecurity, i.e., level of education, gender, income and number of meals. In addition, livestock farming, distance from home to market were variables that significantly condition the probability of a household being food secure only in the locality of Bwegera whereas household size and existence other income sources within the household significantly affect food security only in the locality of Lemera. In this case, it is necessary to encourage large-scale production through access to new technologies, access to food, education and financing, structuring and strengthening the capacities of farmers' organizations, diversification of activities and the revival of the livestock farming sector and its integration into the cropping system, access to resources by women, the development of agricultural markets for products and inputs.

Published in	International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijaas.20210704.18
Page(s)	190-202
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Food Security, Calorie Intake, Monetary Poverty

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Vwima Ngezirabona Stany

Department of Rural Economic, Evangelical University in Africa (EUA), Bukavu, DRC
Bumva Birakaheka Judical

Department of Rural Economic, Evangelical University in Africa (EUA), Bukavu, DRC
Mushagalusa Nachigera Gustave

Department of Agronomy, Evangelical University in Africa (EUA), Bukavu, DRC

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