Food security variation among Indigenous communities in South-western Uganda

Kaitlin Patterson; Lea Berrang-Ford; Shuaib Lwasa; Didacus B. Namanya; James Ford; I. H.A.C.C. Research Team; Sherilee L. Harper

doi:10.1080/19320248.2020.1852146

Food security variation among Indigenous communities in South-western Uganda

Kaitlin Patterson^*, Lea Berrang-Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus B. Namanya, James Ford, I. H.A.C.C. Research Team, Sherilee L. Harper

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We assess whether the household is an apt scale of analysis to examine food insecurity of Indigenous Batwa of Kanungu District, Uganda. Our objectives were: 1) estimate the prevalence and range of food insecurity, 2) estimate the variation in food insecurity associated with household and community factors. The survey was administered 6 times at 3-month intervals (Jan 2013-April 2014). Multilevel modeling was used to determine household and community associations with food insecurity. The Batwa were highly food insecure (97%). Variation in food insecurity that is explained by household and community factors was low. Food insecurity analyses should be considered scale-dependent.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2020.1852146
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 24 Feb 2021
Externally published	Yes

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This work was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [298312]; CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC and IDRC Tri-Council Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change [106372-003,106372-004,106372-005].

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