Factors Contributing to Household-Food Security in Twale Lovation, Tigania, West Sub-County, Meru, Kenia (PDF)

Project Report from the year 2020 in the subject Sociology - Communication, grade: 85, Moi University, course: Community Development, language: English, abstract: This research proposal sought to investigate the factors contributing to household food insecurity in Twale area, Kenia, to establish the status of household food production, determine household food consumption patterns; establish household food sources, establish the status of household food insecurity and identify coping strategies among the households in the event of food shortage, and to identify the theoretical framework of food insecurity.

Food insecurity is a major development problem that is caused by a myriad of factors in national, regional and local spheres of life. Several efforts have been put in place to alleviate food insecurity globally, nationally, regionally and also even locally. Despite these efforts the situation continue to prevail and sometimes even increase in contemporary human society.
The research design to be employed in the study is cross-sectional research design which sought to obtain information that was to describe the existing status of household food insecurity and coping strategies among the households. A total of 15 households will be systematically sampled from the total population of 40 households in the area. Data will be collected by use of structured questionnaires. The bar graphs will be used to represent the findings of this study.

The field course mainly focuses on the areas and institutions visited by students during field course, the activities carried out by those institutions. The field course forms an integral part of learning experiences. It is undertaken in order for students know how to apply the learned theory and knowledge and skills in the classrooms to the real world. The field course is a 5-day course provided by the school of Arts and social science which aims at exposing the students to the practical element of what happens outside the classrooms and also to understand the social problems and to come up with possible solutions to those problems. During the field course students visited various counties such as Kisumu, Kisumu and Vihiga.