Coping Mechanism and Factors Contributing to Food Insecurity among Urban Poor in Moradabad, India

Ali, Nazim; Kumari, Simki

doi:10.30466/grfs.2024.55111.1044

Coping Mechanism and Factors Contributing to Food Insecurity among Urban Poor in Moradabad, India

Document Type : Original Research Articles

Authors

Department of Geography, Zakia Afaque Islamia, College, Siwan (Affiliated to Jai Prakash University), Bihar, India

10.30466/grfs.2024.55111.1044

Abstract

Objectives: The goal of the current study is to analyze the urban poor’s food insecurity and coping mechanisms.
Methodology: As a result, both primary and secondary data are used to support the current research. A well-structured questionnaire was used in a field survey to gather the primary data. The secondary sources include studies, journals, business publications, and published literature. For the current study, FGD has also been conducted to gather further details. The data collecting method has been stratified random sampling. A sophisticated statistical method was used to determine the sampling size for the current investigation (i.e., the Yamane formula, 1967). Furthermore, 396 houses have been chosen based on the sampling size calculation in order to conduct in-person interviews to gather responses. Simple descriptive statistics, such as frequency, percentage, and mean, as well as the coping strategy index (CSI) and FGT food insecurity index have all been employed in the study of the data.
Results: As a result, households experience food insecurity 77.35% of the time, with a depth and severity of food insecurity of 21.45% and 9.42%, respectively. Additionally, food-insecure households consume an average of 1222.93 kcal per day, with a maximum and minimum intake of 1948.15 kcal and 497.70 kcal, respectively.
Conclusion: Furthermore, the findings show that the top five coping strategies used by the households to combat food insecurity and food shortages were reliance on less preferred or less expensive foods, reduction in meal frequency and size per day, food purchases made on credit, and food obtained from family and friends.

Keywords

20.1001.1.2981118.1402.1.3.6.4

Main Subjects

Socio-cultural developments and regional planning

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