Assessing the role of social transfers in curbing household food insecurity in Harare rural district, Zimbabwe

• Main Author: Nyabvudzi, Tatenda Gaudencia
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: University of Fort Hare 2015
• Subjects: Poverty > Zimbabwe; Rural poor > Zimbabwe; Food security > Zimbabwe; Social security > Zimbabwe
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/1939

One of the major problems obstructing international development is the issue of food security. Solutions for this global concern have not yet been found. This research sought to explore the role of social transfers in curbing household food insecurity. Social transfers are regular services or donations which are offered by the government or/and other institutions such as non-governmental organisations to vulnerable households. This exploratory study administered structured interviews, incorporating the Household Hunger Scale, Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning indicator and self designed questions soliciting general household information, to Harare rural residents. The population was divided into clusters and a simple random sampling was used to select three clusters, Mufakose, Glen Norah and Warren Park, thereafter, systematic random sampling was employed within selected clusters.