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Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms.

In English

Författare

  • Romain Frelat
  • Santiago Lopez-Ridaura
  • Ken E Giller
  • Mario Herrero
  • Sabine Douxchamps
  • Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt
  • Olaf Erenstein
  • Ben Henderson
  • Menale Kassie
  • Birthe K Paul
  • Cyrille Rigolot
  • Randall S Ritzema
  • Daniel Rodriguez
  • Piet J A van Asten
  • Mark T van Wijk
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Summary, in English

We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries across contrasted agroecologies in sub-Saharan Africa (>13,000 farm households) and analyzed the drivers of variations in food availability. Crop production was the major source of energy, contributing 60% of food availability. The off-farm income contribution to food availability ranged from 12% for households without enough food available (18% of the total sample) to 27% for the 58% of households with sufficient food available. Using only three explanatory variables (household size, number of livestock, and land area), we were able to predict correctly the agricultural determined status of food availability for 72% of the households, but the relationships were strongly influenced by the degree of market access. Our analyses suggest that targeting poverty through improving market access and off-farm opportunities is a better strategy to increase food security than focusing on agricultural production and closing yield gaps. This calls for multisectoral policy harmonization, incentives, and diversification of employment sources rather than a singular focus on agricultural development. Recognizing and understanding diversity among smallholder farm households in sub-Saharan Africa is key for the design of policies that aim to improve food security.

Publiceringsår

2016

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

458-463

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Volym

113

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

National Academy of Sciences

Ämne

  • Food Science

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1091-6490