scholarly journals Climatic changes and household food availability in Malaysian east coast economic region

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 143-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Chamhuri Siwar ◽  
Abdul Hamid Jaafar ◽  
Basri Talib
Keyword(s):  
Food Availability ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Economic Region ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Household Food Availability

scholarly journals Climatic Changes and Vulnerability of Household Food Accessibility: A Study on Malaysian East Coast Economic Region

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Chamhuri Siwar ◽  
Basri Talib ◽  
Abu N.M. Wahid
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Low Income ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Economic Region ◽  
Food Accessibility ◽  
Household Food

Purpose: Sustainable food security at the household level is one of the emerging issues for all nations. Several factors such as social, economic, political, demographic, natural, and livelihood strategies cause vulnerability in the status of household food security. This study is an attempt to examine the vulnerability of the factors of household food accessibility and its linkage with the climatic changes in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on primary data collected in the months of July – October, 2012 through a questionnaire survey on 460 low-income households from the East Coast Economic Region (ECER) in Malaysia. The samples were selected from E-Kasih poor household database, based on the cluster random sampling technique. The questionnaire uses a five-point Likert scale, and the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ANOVA F statistics for Chi-Square Two Sample Test.Findings: The study finds that the vulnerability of the factors of household food accessibility has increased statistically and significantly over the last five years in Malaysia, whereas the contributions of climatic factors are low on these changes. This study suggests that the food security programs in Malaysia need to be integrated with the climatic change adaptation programs to ensure more effective and sustainable household food security in the future.Originality/value: This study is an original work based on primary data that empirically measures the vulnerability of the factors of household food accessibility, one of the important dimensions of household food security, and its linkage with climatic changes.

scholarly journals Climatic Changes and Vulnerability of Household Food Utilization in Malaysian East Coast Economic Region

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Chamhuri Siwar ◽  
Basri Talib ◽  
Abu N.M. Wahid
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Low Income ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Climatic Changes ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Food Utilization ◽  
Economic Region ◽  
Household Food

Sustainable food security at household level is one of the emerging issues for all nations. There are several factors such as social, economic, political, demographic, natural, and livelihood strategies that causes to the vulnerability of the status of household food security. Therefore examining the vulnerability of these factors is essential to identify the reason and recognize the most vulnerable communities. This study is an attempt to study on the vulnerability of the factors of household food utilization and its linkage with climatic changes in Malaysia. The study is based on primary data collected in the months of July – October, 2012 through a questionnaire survey on 460 low income households from East Coast Economic Region (ECER) in Malaysia. The samples were selected from E-Kasih poor household database, based on cluster random sampling technique. The study found that the vulnerability of the factors of household food utilization has increased statistically significantly over the last five years period due to difference between rural and city food quality, occurrences of natural disasters, incidences of mosquitoes, insects, pest, etc., and diseases like dengue, malaria, heat stretch, cold, skin disease, etc. This study suggests that the food security programs need to be integrated with climatic change adaptation programs to ensure more effective and sustainable household food security in future, especially among the poor and low income group.

scholarly journals Climatic Changes and Household Food Availability in Malaysian East Coast Economic Region

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Mahmudul Alam ◽  
Chamhuri Siwar ◽  
Abdul Hamid Jaafar ◽  
Basri Abdul Talib
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Economic Region ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Distribution Process ◽  
Household Food Availability

Sustainable food security at household level is one of the emerging issues for all nations. There are several factors such as social, economic, political, demographic, natural, and livelihood strategies that causes to the vulnerability of the status of household food security. Therefore examining the vulnerability of these factors is essential to identify the reason and recognize the most vulnerable communities. This study is an attempt to study on the vulnerability of the factors of household food availability and its linkage with climatic changes in Malaysia. The study is based on primary data collected in the months of July – October, 2012 through a questionnaire survey on 460 low income households from East Coast Economic Region (ECER) in Malaysia. The samples were selected from E-Kasih poor household database, based on cluster random sampling technique. The study found that the vulnerability of the factors of household food availability has decreased statistically significantly over the last five years period in Malaysia for the factors of effectiveness of food distribution process, road and transportation facility for food distribution process, availability of expected food in the local market, sufficiency of expected food in the local market, and stability of food supply in market. The mean values of the current status of the factors of household food availability differ significantly at 1% significance level from the scenario of 5 years ago. However, most of the cases climatic issues were found less responsible for the changes of these factors. Though Malaysia is adversely affected by climatic change, the factors of food availability are not affected yet remarkably. This study suggests that the food security programs need to be integrated with climatic change adaptation programs to ensure more effective and sustainable household food security in future, especially among the poor and low income group. Moreover, a proper monitoring agency is required to ensure consistent supply of food in the rural and remote areas, especially at the time of natural calamity or off season.

scholarly journals PARTISIPASI PETANI PADA LUMBUNG PANGAN DALAM MENINGKATKAN KETERSEDIAAN PANGAN RUMAH TANGGA DI KECAMATAN AMBARAWA, KABUPATEN PRINGSEWU

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 360
Author(s):  
Febrina Ramadhani ◽  
Indah Nurmayasari ◽  
Fembriarti Erry Prasmatiwi
Keyword(s):  
Food Availability ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Household Food Availability ◽  
Farmer Groups ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The Impact

This research aims to analyze the rate of household food availability, the rate of farmers’ participation, factors related to farmers’ participation rate, and the impact of the participation on the food availability. The research is a survey conducted in Ambarawa Subdistrict, Pringsewu District, as Ambarawa is an area that has many active food barns. Thirty food barn institutions were chosen randomly, and from each barn  two farmers were chosen randomly as respondents.  Research data is collected in September – November 2016 and analyzed by quantitative descriptive analysis method. The results showed that the rate of household food availability was 3,392.97 kkal/cap/day or equivalent to 2,135.58 kg of dried unhulled rice annually. The rate of farmers’ participation was included in a medium category. Age, membership time in barns, rice production, income, membership in farmer groups were not significantly related to farmers’ participation rate. Farmers’ participation did not have significant impact on food availability of farmer households. Key words: barns, farmer household, food availability, participation

A comparison of household food availability in 11 countries

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Byrd-Bredbenner ◽  
P. Lagiou ◽  
A. Trichopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Food Availability ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Household Food Availability

scholarly journals Assessment of a government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and children’s dietary intakes

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (15) ◽  
pp. 2881-2890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Elbel ◽  
Alyssa Moran ◽  
L Beth Dixon ◽  
Kamila Kiszko ◽  
Jonathan Cantor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Food Availability ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Dietary Intakes ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Household Food Availability ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the impact of a new government-subsidized supermarket in a high-need area on household food availability and dietary habits in children.DesignA difference-in-difference study design was utilized.SettingTwo neighbourhoods in the Bronx, New York City. Outcomes were collected in Morrisania, the target community where the new supermarket was opened, and Highbridge, the comparison community.SubjectsParents/caregivers of a child aged 3–10 years residing in Morrisania or Highbridge. Participants were recruited via street intercept at baseline (pre-supermarket opening) and at two follow-up periods (five weeks and one year post-supermarket opening).ResultsAnalysis is based on 2172 street-intercept surveys and 363 dietary recalls from a sample of predominantly low-income minorities. While there were small, inconsistent changes over the time periods, there were no appreciable differences in availability of healthful or unhealthful foods at home, or in children’s dietary intake as a result of the supermarket.ConclusionsThe introduction of a government-subsidized supermarket into an underserved neighbourhood in the Bronx did not result in significant changes in household food availability or children’s dietary intake. Given the lack of healthful food options in underserved neighbourhoods and need for programmes that promote access, further research is needed to determine whether healthy food retail expansion, alone or with other strategies, can improve food choices of children and their families.

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