Life at the brink: Livelihood portfolios of the food insecure

Review Open access Sep 2026

Household food insecurity in Bangladesh: A micro econometric analysis of economic vulnerability, income risk, and livelihood finance

This study investigates the causes of household food insecurity in Bangladesh by evaluating the contributions of socioeconomic factors, livelihood models, market accessibility, and geographical inequalities. It answers 4 related questions about whether food insecurity is associated with education, livelihood type, and...

Md. Habibul Islam, Abdulateif A. Almulhim, M. Qamruzzaman et al. · International Journal of Pub... · 0 citations

Review Open access Sep 2026

Linking Financial Inclusion to Zero Hunger: Impacts on Agricultural Productivity, Severe Food Insecurity, and Dietary Diversity in Rural Bangladesh

Food insecurity persists among smallholder farming households in low‐income countries, yet the relationships between financial inclusion and agricultural productivity, severe hunger, and dietary diversity remain inadequately understood. This study investigates these relationships using primary survey data from 636...

M. Asaduzzaman, Shahali Shahana Mitul, Xiu-Guang Bai et al. · Food and Energy Security · 0 citations

Review Open access Oct 2026

Women as Landowners: Implications for Household Food Security in Ethiopia

The study explores whether female landownership (sole or joint) alters the self-reported household food security in Ethiopia following decades of implementing land reform. The distinction among various types of landownership has received limited attention in the literature. The study uses data from households that own...

Naresh Kharel, W. Florkowski · Land · 0 citations

Review Open access Oct 2026

Estimating the level of rural household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Rushinga Rural District in northern Zimbabwe

Rural households in semi-arid Zimbabwe face recurrent food insecurity because their livelihoods depend heavily on climate-sensitive agriculture, limited assets, and weak rural service systems. However, household-level evidence on the dimensions that construct resilience to food insecurity in Southern Africa remains...

Onismo Muzah, T. Mabhaudhi · Frontiers in Sustainable Foo... · 0 citations

Open access Oct 2026

Early Evidence on Household Food Security and Livelihood Changes Associated with an In-Kind Agricultural Microcredit Programme in Rural Uganda

Food insecurity remains a major global development challenge across sub-Saharan Africa. While conventional cash microcredit yields mixed socio-economic outcomes, this study evaluates an innovative, progressive in-kind agricultural microcredit programme as a sustainable development tool in rural Uganda. Employing an obs...

Joaquín Solano-Jiménez, R. Abadía, L. Martínez-Carrasco · World · 0 citations

Open access Sep 2026

Analysis of Influence of Livelihood on Food Security among Rural Farming Households in Katagum Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria

This study examined the influence of livelihood activities on food security among rural farming households in Katagum Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 279 farming households selected from 12 communities using a structured electronic questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and binary...

M. Ahmad, Sagir Azarema · Journal of Education Researc... · 0 citations