Food security variation among Indigenous communities in South-western Uganda
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2021-02-24
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Informa UK Limited
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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.
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Kaitlin Patterson, Lea Berrang-Ford, Shuaib Lwasa, Didacus B. Namanya, James Ford, IHACC Research Team & Sherilee L. Harper (2023) Food security variation among Indigenous communities in South-western Uganda, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 18:4, 620-648, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2020.1852146