Agricultural Market Liberalization and Household Food Security in Rural China

The Effect of Agricultural Commercialization on Household Food Security among Smallholder Farmers in Zhombe North Rural District of Zimbabwe

Background: Achievement of food security has become one of the major challenges of most developing countries, including Zimbabwe. This study was designed to investigate the effect of agricultural commercialization on household food security. Methods: This study used cross-sectional data for the 2017/18 farming season collected from 165 smallholder farmer households in Zhombe north rural distric...

Agricultural trade liberalization and poverty in China

The overall goal of this paper is to examine the impacts of trade liberalization on China's agriculture, in general, and poverty, in particular. The impacts on agriculture are analyzed by commodity and by region. Because different farmers (especially those in different income brackets) produce diverse sets of commodities, themain part of our paper analyzes the effects on households and their im...

Household food security and infant feeding practices in rural Bangladesh.

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between household food security and infant complementary feeding practices in rural Bangladesh. DESIGN Prospective, cohort study using structured home interviews during pregnancy and 3 and 9 months after delivery. We used two indicators of household food security at 3-months' follow-up: maternal Food Composition Score (FCS), calculated via the World Food...

Multidimensional Household Food Security Measurement in Rural Zambia

The Influence of Market Support Interventions on Household Food Security

This evidence brief provides an overview of The influence of market support interventions on household food security – an evidence synthesis published in March 2017 by the Humanitarian Evidence Programme and carried out by a team of independent and multidisciplinary consultants. It summarizes key findings in response to the research questions identified, indicates the country contexts from whic...