Food aid on food security in the rural community of Lugh District Gedo Region Somalia
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Date
2012-06
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Kampala International University. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
Food security is a major problem in many parts of the world, including
Somalia. Aid agencies have tried to solve food problems on food aid, but
the efforts failed due to many problems. The study sought to appraise
the food aid and Food Security in the Rural Community of [ugh district
Gedo Region Somalia, the specific objective of this study was to determine
the source of food, to investigate the causes of food insecurity and to
determine the effects of food aid on food security in the rural community
of lugh district Gedo Region Somalia..
The study used descriptive Research Design. The population of the
research was 1000 households, which were drawn from four subdivisions
in Lugh district using cluster sampling. This study used Questionnaire and
interview to collect data.
Findings of this study showed that food aid has both positive and negative
effects of food security in Lugh. Food aid has positively impacted on some
people’s lives, especially in the time of the disaster. The negative effect of
food aid is that it has created laziness, dependency of food aid, and low
production on the fields. Food aid is only good when it is distributed for a
short time.The study recommended; Local leaders should focus on how to solve ongoing
wars in the country, and encourage Irrigation programs, People should
appreciate food aid in terms of crisis, but should prefer to produce their
own food. NGOs need to help the local populace with firm inputs and
Community members need to change their mindset about food aid and
work towards self-sufficiency.
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A Thesis Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research
Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the award Of a Degree of Master of Arts in Development Studies
Keywords
Food aid on food security, Rural community