Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research

The Effect of Individual And Family Characteristics on Food Security of Rural Households

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Jassem Gholabifar 1
Ali Akbar Barati 2
Khalil Kalantari 3
1 Graduated Student, Department of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran, Iran
3 Professor, Department of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran, Iran
10.22059/ijaedr.2022.333582.669099
Abstract
Food security is one of the important factors that provides personal, family and social health of society and it is a fundamental need for the development of human kind. Although rural areas are a main source of food production, but they still suffer from greater food insecurity than urban society. Many factors affect food security, individual and familial characteristics are one of the most essential factors. Therefore, the main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of these factors on food security. The study area was Shavoor district. A total of 300 rural households were included in the study. The samples were chosen using a stratified random sampling procedure, and the data was analyzed using logistic regression. Only approximately 62 percent of households have adequate food security, according to the findings. The variables of the head of the household's level of education, age, having a male child, having an active person in the family, having a person working in the non-agricultural sector, and also having a person with underlying disease on household food security have a statistically significant effect among the individual and family characteristics studied. Given that this set of variables can improve for roughly 30% of the ability to predict the household food security, therefore, managing and improving the situation of rural household food security requires consideration of them along with other variables.
Keywords
Rural development
Food security
Access to food
Shavoor County
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Iranian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Development Research
Volume 53, Issue 4
Autumn 2022
Pages 945-956