Abstract
This article compares and examines the relationships among agricultural assets, incomes and food security in rural communities of Ghana, Senegal, and Liberia. A total of 1483 rural households were surveyed and data on agricultural endeavors, incomes and food security were collected. The analyses of incomes and agricultural assets show signs of high inequality of resource distribution. In addition, facets of food insecurity were observed among the surveyed households. The study used a multivariate logistic model, then evaluated how agricultural assets affect the food security status of rural households in Ghana, Senegal and Liberia distinctly. Overall, the results show several similarities at country level, but disparities were also noted. In particular, the study outlined significant relationships between technology assets and the food security status of rural households in Ghana and Senegal. However, the logistic model did not show any statistically significant relationship with the rural households surveyed in Liberia. This paradigm suggests critical inter-regional dissimilarities which the study discussed by emphasizing relevant socio-economic features at the country level.
Highlights
Across the globe, agriculture plays a prominent role as it sustains the social and economic stability of several countries [1,2]
This paper reports four sections, including the following: (i) the methodological approach, which provides information on the study region; the household sampling; the theoretical frame of the analyses; (ii) the results, which report the analyses of agricultural assets and income distribution among the rural households surveyed; the outcomes of the multivariate logistic model application are presented; (iii) the discussion, which reports a critical appraisal of the results and discusses them from a multifaceted prospect; (iv) the conclusion, which summarizes the essential of the study concludes on the significance of the research at a regional level
The present study reports highly unequal distribution of agricultural assets and incomes among rural households surveyed in Ghana, Senegal and Liberia
Summary
Agriculture plays a prominent role as it sustains the social and economic stability of several countries [1,2]. Low agricultural productivities are frequently reported in rural communities of sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of the rural population in the sub-Saharan region lives on farming. Several development projects aimed at livelihood improvement in sub-Saharan Africa have prioritized the agricultural sector. Rural communities are constantly described as vulnerable to hunger and climatic hazards [4]. In such a situation, food security and agricultural development represent real challenges for all the actors of development of the region. The response to these challenges may not be systematic because of the socio-economic realities in sub-Saharan Africa as the region has often suffered from instability in time and space. A thorough understanding of the realities in Agriculture 2017, 7, 38; doi:10.3390/agriculture7050038 www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture
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