Journal of Global Economics

Department of Economic Sciences, Université de Douala, Cameroun, France

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• Research Article   
  Determinants of Household Food Insecurity in Cameroon: Entitlement Approach
  Author(s): Nadege Kougbe Thea*, Nourou Mohammadou and Jean Huge Nlom
  
  About 37.1% of households enjoy food security in Cameroon while the remaining 35.7% of households have limited food security. It was found that at least 30% of Cameroonian household in rural and urban areas remain vulnerable to food insecurity. The present study attempts to examine the effect of entitlement and identify the determinants of food insecurity in Cameroon household. Data are taken from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) 2017 collected by the National institute of statistics (INS) of Cameroon. A wealth index was constructed from DHS data and we had employed FANTA III Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) to group food insecurity household. We estimated the determinants of household food insecurity with a one predictor model .i.e. wealth index and a full predictor model including control variables. The main tools of analysis for this study consist of descriptive statisti.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2375-4389.2021.s2.374

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