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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022)

Contextualising the Pillars of Household Food Security: Evidence from Iringa District, Tanzania

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v11i1.195
Tiemo Romward Haule
Mkwawa University College of Education University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Corresponding Author(s) : Tiemo Romward Haule

hauletiemo@gmail.com

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022)

Abstract

This paper contextualises the pillars of food security based on the perceptions of local
communities in Iringa district, Tanzania. The pillars are food availability, food accessibility,
food affordability, food adequacy, food acceptability and food stability. The study involved
376 participants. Structured interviews, field observation, focused group discussions, indepth interviews and documentary review were the methods used for data collection.
Findings reveal that many households (76.2%) in Iringa were facing food shortage. The
findings show that food insecurity in the district was exacerbated by the lack of steadiness
in the six pillars of household food security. Given its semi-arid climatic conditions, the
study concluded that the instability of these pillars push many households in the district
into food insecurity and loss of income. This leads to the recommendations that efforts
by the government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the private sector to
alleviate recurrent food shortages in the district should focus on helping households
address the sustainably of each of the pillars of food security.

Keywords

food security, food shortage, pillars of food security, semi-arid, Tanzania
Contextualising the Pillars of Household Food Security: Evidence from Iringa District, Tanzania . (2022). Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 11(1). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v11i1.195
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