Exploring the nexus between poor governance and household food security

Younas Khan1, Štefan Bojnec2,3, Umar Daraz4, Farah Zulpiqar5
1Department of Sociology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
2Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
3Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
4Department of Sociology, The University of Malakand Chakddara, Chakdara, Pakistan
5College of Economics and Management, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China

Tóm tắt

A cross-sectional-based study was conducted in Torghar Pakistan to analyze the association between impacts of poor governance and household food security through sociological lens. A sample size of 379 household heads was chosen randomly for data collection through structured questionnaire. The collected data was then analyzed in terms of bivariate and multivariate analyses, and binary logit model. At bivariate analysis, the study found that inadequate governance, political instability in terms of shortage of food supply chain, smuggling of food commodities had open new vistas toward starvation and household food insecurity. At multivariate analysis, the family composition has vivid association between household food security and poor governance. Although religious education and lower level of education deteriorate the existing food security at household level were also explored. Lastly, at binary logistic regression model depicted that increased in poor governance influence household food security negatively. Thus, the government should collaborate with local political leaders to identify those lacunas and institutional weakness that affect the good governance patterns in terms of smuggling and nepotism which deteriorate the existing channel of food supply chain during militancy were put forwarded some of the recommendations in light of the present study.

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Abid M, Scheffran J, Schneider UA, Ashfaq M (2015) Farmers’ perceptions of and adaptation strategies to climate change and their determinants: the case of Punjab province, Pakistan. Earth Syst Dyn 6:225–243 Adesete AA, Olanubi OE, Dauda RO (2022) Climate change and food security in selected sub-Saharan African countries. Environ Develop Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02681-0 Ahmad JA, Dastgir A, Haseen MS (2011) Impact of climate change on agriculture and food security in India. Int J Agric Environ Biotech 4(2):129–137 Ahsan F, Chandio AA, Fang W (2020) Climate change impacts on cereal crops production in Pakistan. Int J Clim Change Strateg Manage 12(2):257–269 Akram Z, Wajid S, Mahmood T, Sarwar S (2011) Impact of poor governance and income inequality of poverty in Pakistan. Far East J Psychol Bus 4(3):43–55 Anik AR, Manjunatha AV, Bauer S (2013) Impact of farm level corruption on the food security of households in Bangladesh. Food Secur 5:565–574 Anser MK, Osabohien R, Olonade O, Karakara AA, Olalekan IB, Ashraf J, Igbinoba A (2021) Impact of ICT adoption and governance interaction on food security in West Africa. Sustainability 13(10):5570 Azumah FD, Onzaberigu NJ, Adongo AA (2023) Gender, agriculture and sustainable livelihood among rural farmers in northern Ghana. Econ Change Restruct 56:3257–3279 Bakhsh K, Abbas K, Hassan S, Yasin MA, Ali R, Ahmad N, Chattha MWA (2020) Climate change induced human conflicts and economic costs in Pakistani Punjab. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27:24299–24311 Basias N, Pollalis Y (2018) Quantitative and qualitative research in business & technology: justifying a suitable research methodology. Rev Integr Bus Econ Res 7:91–105 Behera B, Haldar A, Sethi N (2023) Agriculture, food security, and climate change in South Asia: a new perspective on sustainable development. Environ Dev Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03552-y Belloumi M (2014) Investigating the linkage between climate variables and food security in ESA countries. Reg Environ Change 42(1):172–186 Benedek Z, Fertő I, Molnár A (2018) Off to market: but which one? Understanding the participation of small-scale farmers in short food supply chains—a Hungarian case study. Agric Hum Values 35:383–398 Bojnec Š, Fertő I, Fogarasi J (2014) Quality of institutions and the BRIC countries agro-food exports. China Agric Econ Rev 6(3):379–394. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-02-2013-0034 Bowley AL (1925) Measurement of the precision attained in sampling. Cambridge University Press Chaudhuri S, Roy M, McDonald LM et al (2021) Reflections on farmers’ social networks: a means for sustainable agricultural development? Environ Dev Sustain 23:2973–3008. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00762-6 Chen YH, Zhang Z, Mishra AK (2023) A flexible and efficient hybrid agricultural subsidy design for promoting food security and safety. Humanities Soc Sci Commun 10(1):1–8 Cronbach LJ (1951) Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika 16(3):297–334 Erhabor POI, Ojogho O (2011) Effect of quality on the demand for rice in Nigeria. Agric J 6(5):207–212 FAO (2023) The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2022. Online at https://www.fao.org/3/cc0639en/online/cc0639en.html Access on 6/6/23 Felder RM, Spurlin J (2005) Applications, reliability and validity of the index of learning styles. Int J Eng Educ 21(1):103–112 George J, Adelaja A, Weatherspoon D (2020) Armed conflicts and food insecurity: evidence from Boko Haram’s attacks. Am J Agr Econ 102(1):114–131 Gupta S, Davoodi H, Alonso-Terme R (2002) Does corruption affect income inequality and poverty? Econ Gov 3:23–45 Hassan MS, Bukhari S, Arshed N (2020) Competitiveness, governance and globalization: What matters for poverty alleviation? Environ Dev Sustain 22:3491–3518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00355-y Hoddinott J, Yisehac Y (2002) Dietary diversity as a food security indicator food and nutrition technical assistance project. Academy for Educational Development, Washington Hussain A, Routray JK (2012) Status and factors of food security in Pakistan. Int J Develop Issues 11(2):164–185 Kaufmann D, Kraay A, Mastruzzi M (2011) The worldwide governance indicators: Methodology and analytical issues. Hague J Rule Law 3(2):220–246 Khan Y, Shah M (2023) Exploring household food security in the purview of military politics: an associational analysis of Torghar Hinterland Pakistan. Environ Develop Sustain 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03651-w Khan Y, Ashraf S, Shah M (2023) Determinants of food security through statistical and fuzzy mathematical synergy. Environ Develop Sustain 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03231-y Kumar P, Sahu NC, Kumar S, Ansari MA (2021) Impact of climate change on cereal production: evidence from lower-middle-income countries. Environ Sci Pollut Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14373-9 Leete L, Bania N (2010) The effect of income shocks on food insufficiency. Rev Econ Househ 8:505–526 Legatum Prosperity Index (2023) Online at https://www.prosperity.com/globe/pakistan Lindley JA (2020) Shifting the focus of food fraud: Confronting a human rights challenge to deliver food security. Perth Int Law J 5:117–123 Manning L (2018) The value of food safety culture to the hospitality industry. Worldw Hosp Tour Themes 10(3):284–296 Men F, Tarasuk V (2021) Food insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic: food charity, government assistance, and employment. Can Public Policy 47(2):202–230 Mutisya M, Ngware MW, Kabiru CW, Kandala NB (2016) The effect of education on household food security in two informal urban settlements in Kenya: a longitudinal analysis. Food Secur 8:743–756 Nachmias D, Frankfort-Nachmias C (1976) Research methods in the social sciences. St. Martin's Press, New York Naz R, Shah M, Ullah A, Alam I, Khan Y (2020) An assessment of effects of climate change on human lives in context of local response to agricultural production in district Buner. Sarhad J Agric 36(1):110–119 Nazir R (2013) Governance led poverty” a case study of Pakistan. Eur J Develop Ctry Stud 15:2668–3385 Obobisa ES, Chen H, Mensah IA (2023) Transitions to sustainable development: the role of green innovation and institutional quality. Environ Dev Sustain 25:6751–6780. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02328-0 Ogunniyi AI, Mavrotas G, Olagunju KO, Fadare O, Adedoyin R (2020) Governance quality, remittances and their implications for food and nutrition security in sub-Saharan Africa. World Dev 127:104752 Ovenell M, Azevedo Da Silva M, Elgar FJ (2022) Shielding children from food insecurity and its association with mental health and well-being in Canadian households. Can J Pub Health 113(2):250–259 Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2017) Census report. Online at https://www.pbs.gov.pk/census-2017-district-wise/results/009 Du Perron Helal G (2016) Corruption and food security status: an exploratory study on perceived corruption and access to adequate food on a global scale Reddy PP (2015) Climate resilient agriculture for ensuring food security, vol 373. Springer India, New Delhi Riley L, Chilanga E (2018) ‘Things are not working now’: poverty, food insecurity and perceptions of corruption in urban Malawi. J Contemp Afr Stud 36(4):484–498 Rizov M (2008) Institutions, reform policies and productivity growth in agriculture: evidence from former communist countries. NJAS-Wagening J Life Sci 55(4):307–323 Santoso S, Nusraningrum D, Hadibrata B, Widyanty W, Isa S M (2021). Policy recommendation for food security in Indonesia: fish and sea cucumber protein hydrolysates innovation based. Policy 13(7):71–79 Sargani GR, Jiang Y, Chandio AA et al (2023) Impacts of livelihood assets on adaptation strategies in response to climate change: evidence from Pakistan. Environ Dev Sustain 25:6117–6140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02296-5 Sekaran U, Bougie R (2019) Research methods for business: a skill-building approach. John Wiley & Sons, New York Siddiqui K (2019) Agriculture, WTO, trade liberalisation, and food security challenges in the developing countries. The World Financial Review March–April, pp 31–40 Smith MD, Kassa W, Winters P (2017) Assessing food insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean using FAO’s food insecurity experience scale. Food Policy 71:48–61 Sulemana I, Iddrisu AM, Kyoore JE (2017) A micro-level study of the relationship between experienced corruption and subjective wellbeing in Africa. J Develop Stud 53(1):138–155 Tacconi L, Williams DA (2020) Corruption and anti-corruption in environmental and resource management. Annu Rev Environ Resour 45:305–329 Tarasuk V, Fafard St-Germain AA, Mitchell A (2019) Geographic and socio-demographic predictors of household food insecurity in Canada, 2011–12. BMC Pub Health 19(1):1–12 Tavits M (2008) Representation, corruption, and subjective well-being. Comp Pol Stud 41(12):1607–1630 Transparency international (2022) Online at https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2022/index/pak UNICEF (2020) The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2020 Verpoorten M, Arora A, Stoop N, Swinnen J (2013) Self-reported food insecurity in Africa during the food price crisis. Food Policy 39:51–63 Wibe K, Robinon S, Cattaneo A (2019) Climate change, agriculture and food security: impacts and potential for adaptation and mitigation. Sustain Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812134-4 Wu L, Zhang L, Li Y (2023) Basis for fulfilling responsibilities, behavior, and professionalism of government agencies and effectiveness in public–public collaboration for food safety risk management. Humanities Soc Sci Commun 10(1):1–16 Yamano T, Alderman H, Christiaensen L (2005) Child growth, shocks, and food aid in rural Ethiopia. Am J Agr Econ 87(2):273–288 Yasmeen R, Padda IUH, Yao X et al (2022) Agriculture, forestry, and environmental sustainability: the role of institutions. Environ Dev Sustain 24:8722–8746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01806-1 Zhang M, Qin J, Tan H et al (2023) Education level of farmers, market-oriented reforms, and the utilization efficiency of agricultural water resources in China. Econ Change Restruct. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10644-022-09474-5