Abstract
No effective food security policy can be developed without knowledge of the dimensions of food insecurity problem at the household level. Using cross‐sectional data of a sample of 300 rural households from three districts in Uganda, Kiboga, Mbarara and Pallisa, this paper examines the extent of food insecurity at the household level. To this end, both objective and subjective measures of household food security are employed. The findings suggest that households derived over 30 percent, 40 percent and 60 percent of their protein, iron and food energy intakes, respectively, from starchy staples. They further suggest that food insecurity does exist in the sampled areas, with a higher percentage of caloric insecure households. Households developed several forms of coping strategies to minimise the consequences of food shortages with no public assistance. The major alternative strategies for improving household food security emerging from the analysis include advocacy, changes in the dietary consumption behaviour, promotion of nutrition education and improving effective access to productive resources.
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