Investigating the status of food security and factors affecting it among households in Rasht county

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Guilan univercity.rasht

2 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan.

3 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Institute of Planning Research, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Tehran, Iran

10.30490/aead.2023.362900.1537

Abstract

the present study has quantitatively investigated the food security situation and factors affecting it in Rasht county. It is worth mentioning that Rasht county is the capital of Guilan province and is registered as a creative food city in UNESCO. This county is the most populated county in the north of Iran among the three provinces of the Caspian Sea and is considered the largest settlement on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea. In order to achieve this goal, by using a two-stage simple random sampling method, the optimal sample size, 569 determinations and the required information in the form of a questionnaire in two parts, including the 18-item standard questionnaire provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and information economic, social and demographic data were collected from households in different parts of Rasht county in 1401. In the following, by quantifying the food security variable, the effect of demographic, economic and social variables on this variable was investigated and evaluated using the ordinal logit model. The results showed that only 45.7% of the surveyed households in Rasht county were in safe food conditions and more than half of the households (54.3%) were facing various degrees of food insecurity. Besides, based on the results of the ordinal logit model, the variables of education of the head of the household, place of residence, status of the residence, employment status of the head of the household, monthly income and food variety have a significant effect on the food security.

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Agricultural Economics and Development

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 28 October 2023

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