Food security and women empowerment of livestock farming households in the Feed the Future zone of Bangladesh
International Journal of Social Economics
ISSN: 0306-8293
Article publication date: 28 August 2023
Issue publication date: 21 March 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to investigate the determinants of the food security status of participants and non-participants of livestock extension services living under similar socioeconomic conditions as livestock farming households in the Feed the Future zone of Bangladesh.
Design/methodology/approach
Cross-sectional data of 906 farm-households extracted from a total of 2064 from the Feed the Future representative Bangladesh Integrated Households Survey 2018 were used. A triple hurdle model combined with a structural equation model were used to analyze the data. The causal relationship between food security status, livestock extension services, technology adoption and women's empowerment was investigated by estimating structural equation modeling with second-order latent factors.
Findings
The results indicate that livestock extension services have increased livestock technology adoption and have a positively significant (p < 0.01) relationship with household wealth, food security, welfare and women's empowerment.
Originality/value
The results suggest that livestock extension services have an impact on new technology adoption and enhancing women's empowerment; thus, the services should be widely made available in the region.
Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-11-2021-0647.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewers for their insightful remarks and ideas on a previous draft of this paper.
Citation
Sarma, P.K., Alam, M.J., Begum, I.A. and Sayem, S.M. (2024), "Food security and women empowerment of livestock farming households in the Feed the Future zone of Bangladesh", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 51 No. 4, pp. 470-484. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-11-2021-0647
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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