Do Food Gardens Improve Household Food Security Status in uMzumbe Local Municipality, KwaZulu‐Natal, South Africa?
Byamungu Lincoln Zabuloni, Maxwell Mudhara, Joyce Chitja
Food and Energy Security
Urban Farm DB summary
A study assessing the impact of home- and community-garden programs on household food security status in uMzumbe Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, using random and purposive sampling to survey 223 respondents with a structured questionnaire and a Tobit regression model to examine determinants. Total income (p<0.001), extension services (p<0.01), credit access (p<0.05), age, farm size (p<0.01) and education level (p<0.05) positively affected food security status, while household size (p<0.001), home gardens (p<0.01) and community gardens (p<0.01) negatively affected it. The study concludes that implementing home and community garden programs alone was not enough to improve households' food security status in uMzumbe Municipality.