Household food insecurity in Panamanian subsistence farming communities is associated with indicators of household wealth and constraints on food production.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if constraints on agricultural production were a novel construct in the Panama Food Security Questionnaire (FSQ) and to characterize agricultural and economic determinants of food insecurity during the planting, growing and harvesting time periods in subsistence farming communities.

Design

This longitudinal study followed households during land preparation, growing and harvest periods in one agricultural cycle. Agricultural production and economic variables were recorded and the Panama FSQ was administered. Exploratory factor analysis was used to verify construct validity of the FSQ. A food insecurity score (FIS), ranging from 0 to 42, was derived. Multiple regression analyses of FIS were conducted for each agricultural period.

Setting

Fifteen r

SUBMITTER: Krause RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260520 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature