期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
印刷版ISSN：1899-5241
电子版ISSN：1899-5772
出版年度：2018
卷号：47
期号：1
页码：29-38
DOI：10.17306/J.JARD.2018.00397
出版社：Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
摘要：This paper gives a succinct report on an investigation
into the food security constraints of rural farming
households in the North West Province of South Africa. Data
presented was gathered across the four districts, and was analyzed
using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The
descriptive results showed that the mean age of rural farmers
was 55 years and the average household size was 7 members.
Logistic regression results on factors influencing food
security in the study showed that variables such as age of the
household’s head, household feeding rate, the total cost of
production, farm income and health expenditure had significant
impact on the respondents’ food security (at p < 0.05).
As shown by Probit regression results, constraints such as the
age of household head, food availability, veld fires, market
availability, predator invasion, health expenditure and veterinary
practices significantly influenced the achievement of
food security in the study area. This study concluded that rural
farming households were witnessing different dimensions of
food insecurity which affected different aspects of their social
and economic activities. It is therefore the responsibility of the
government to come up with a holistic approach to address
the present discrepancy in the national and grass-roots food
security status.
