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Determinants of Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: A Case Study of Semi‐Arid Districts in Malawi

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  • Tasokwa Kakota
  • Dickson Nyariki
  • David Mkwambisi
  • Wambui Kogi‐Makau

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This paper looks at household vulnerability to food insecurity and its determinants in two semi‐arid districts in Malawi. A randomly selected sample of 200 households was interviewed. The descriptive statistics revealed that female‐headed households were more vulnerable to food insecurity than male‐headed households because of low access to resources for food production and purchases. A two‐stage least squares regression analysis showed that amongst the main determinants of household vulnerability were income, household size, land size and access to climate information. The findings imply that policies should promote diversification of livelihoods and equal opportunities and rights to access resources. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Tasokwa Kakota & Dickson Nyariki & David Mkwambisi & Wambui Kogi‐Makau, 2015. "Determinants of Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: A Case Study of Semi‐Arid Districts in Malawi," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(1), pages 73-84, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:27:y:2015:i:1:p:73-84
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    1. Muhammad Masood Azeem & Amin W. Mugera & Steven Schilizzi & Kadambot H. M. Siddique, 2017. "An Assessment of Vulnerability to Poverty in Punjab, Pakistan: Subjective Choices of Poverty Indicators," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 134(1), pages 117-152, October.
    2. Sandile Mthethwa & Edilegnaw Wale, 2021. "Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Rural South Africa: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-17, February.
    3. Ayelech Kidie Mengesha & Thomas Bauer & Doris Damyanovic & Sayeh Kassaw Agegnehu & Reinfried Mansberger & Gernot Stoeglehner, 2022. "Gender Analysis of Landholding and Situation of Female-Headed Households after Land Registration: The Case of Machakel Woreda," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(7), pages 1-28, July.

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