IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

FACTORS INFLUENCING HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY FOR THE WELL-BEING OF BANGALORE RURAL COMMUNITY

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Dr. PUSHPA B

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Food security is the back bone of national prosperity and wellbeing. The health of any nation is directly linked to food security. Besides, it is a matter of political stability and peace. India’s half of population is struggling to find food on their plate, coping with stern starvation and droughts with on the flipper side. India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world with over 200 million people. The main objective of the study is to find out the factors influencing household food security for wellbeing of Bangalore rural community. Cluster sampling was adopted for the purpose. Bangalore Rural District was chosen as major study area. This region was divided into 4 clusters being north, south, east, west. A total of 650 households involved with limited land and engaging farming activities as study population. 25 households were chosen from each cluster for the study. Regression analysis was used as main statistical tool for the analysis of the data. Structured questionnaire was issued to the low and moderate landholder who are actively engaging in forming activities in Bangalore rural. Findings show that The study revealed that, the household’s family factors such as technology at household level followed by family size of household, literacy, household head’s years of education, local food system, gender of household head and family safety and security in predicting household food security. Farming factors such as Climate change., followed by household heads' farming experience, land-man ratio, area under irrigation, monthly income from farm production, sub-contract farming, use of irrigation, self-produced food, and types of crops grown in predicting household food security. Economic factors such as stability of food prices, followed by rural infrastructure, purchasing power of households, governmental or non-governmental support, food access/availability, expenditure on food, and access to credit aggregated revenue in predicting household food security.

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