Determinants of household food access among small farmers in the Andes: examining the path
Determinants of household food access among small farmers in the Andes: examining the path
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DOI：
10.1017/s1368980012000183
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Carrasco, Miluska, V
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作者：
Leah, Jessica;Pradel, Willy;Carrasco, Miluska, V
目标：家庭粮食获取仍然是低收入和中等收入国家主要农业家庭关注的问题。我们研究了代表生计资产（人力资本、社会资本、自然资本、物质资本和金融资本）和家庭粮食获取的领域之间的关联。设计：对生计资产进行横断面调查（两份问卷）。环境：厄瓜多尔首都皮拉罗；科恰班巴,玻利维亚;秘鲁的万卡约。研究对象：2008年参与小规模农业生产的家庭（570户）。结果：食物获取（定义为上一年获得充足食物供应的月数）相对较好；41%的受访者表示，在过去一年中，他们的家庭在获取食物方面没有困难。通过双变量分析，确定与家庭食物获取相关的关键生计资产指标为：家庭调查对象年龄（P=0.05）、农业协会参与（P=0.09）、教会成员（P=0.08）、灌溉土地面积（P=0.08）、住房材料（P=0.06）、家庭居住空间（P=0.02）和健康状况满意度（P=0.02）。在路径模型中观察到直接和间接影响，强调生计资产与家庭粮食获取之间关系的复杂性。与更好的家庭食物获取显著相关的路径包括：更好的住房条件（P=0.01）、更大的家庭住所空间（P=0.001）和更高的健康状况满意度（P=0.001）。结论：影响这些城郊农户家庭食物获取的因素有多种。以粮食获取为重点的粮食安全干预计划需要处理农业因素和健康决定因素，以在具有挑战性的中低收入国家加强家庭粮食安全。
Objective: Household food access remains a concern among primarily agricultural households in lower- and middle-income countries. We examined the associations among domains representing livelihood assets (human capital, social capital, natural capital, physical capital and financial capital) and household food access. Design: Cross-sectional survey (two questionnaires) on livelihood assets. Setting: Metropolitan Pillaro, Ecuador; Cochabamba, Bolivia; and Huancayo, Peru. Subjects: Households (n 570) involved in small-scale agricultural production in 2008. Results: Food access, defined as the number of months of adequate food provisioning in the previous year, was relatively good; 41% of the respondents indicated to have had no difficulty in obtaining food for their household in the past year. Using bivariate analysis, key livelihood assets indicators associated with better household food access were identified as: age of household survey respondent (P=0.05), participation in agricultural associations (P=0.09), church membership (P=0.08), area of irrigated land (P=0.08), housing material (P=0.06), space within the household residence (P=0.02) and satisfaction with health status (P=0.02). In path models both direct and indirect effects were observed, underscoring the complexity of the relationships between livelihood assets and household food access. Paths significantly associated with better household food access included: better housing conditions (P=0.01), more space within the household residence (P=0.001) and greater satisfaction with health status (P=0.001). Conclusions: Multiple factors were associated with household food access in these pen-urban agricultural households. Food security intervention programmes focusing on food access need to deal with both agricultural factors and determinants of health to bolster household food security in challenging lower- and middle-income country contexts.