Egah Janvier, Zakari Sissou, Idrissou Latifou, Kotobiodjo Néhémie, El Ghazi Ibrahim, Baco Mohamed Nasser, Kestemont Marie-Paule
Laboratoire Société-Environnement (LaSEn), Université de Parakou, Benin.
Faculté d'Agronomie (FA)/ Université de Parakou, Benin.
Heliyon. 2023 Jun 22;9(6):e17408. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17408. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Women economic potential can be used to reduce household's food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa. This study analyzed the influence of gender on household's food security through the household's income in North-Benin. We selected 300 households using a multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire during direct interviews. Data included the households' socioeconomic characteristics, their experiences-based Food Insecurity Scale, women and men income level. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and generalized structural equation modeling. The findings show that women-headed households (WHH) were less exposed to food insecurity than men-headed households (MHH). Moreover, the increasing of women income level reduced the exposure of households to food insecurity, because the increase in the income level of women stimulated the men income level. Women income also contributed more to household food expenses than men income. However, the increasing of men income level exposed the households to food insecurity. These results highlight the importance of women's empowerment in addressing household food insecurity in African's developing countries. The findings also help policy makers to improve their knowledge for better decision making on household food security.
妇女的经济潜力可用于减少撒哈拉以南非洲地区家庭的粮食不安全状况。本研究通过贝宁北部家庭的收入分析了性别对家庭粮食安全的影响。我们采用多阶段抽样技术选取了300个家庭。在直接访谈期间通过问卷调查收集数据。数据包括家庭的社会经济特征、基于经验的粮食不安全量表、妇女和男子的收入水平。使用描述性统计和广义结构方程模型对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，女户主家庭（WHH）比男户主家庭（MHH）面临粮食不安全的风险更低。此外，妇女收入水平的提高降低了家庭面临粮食不安全的风险，因为妇女收入水平的提高刺激了男子的收入水平。妇女收入对家庭食品支出的贡献也比男子收入更大。然而，男子收入水平的提高使家庭面临粮食不安全的风险。这些结果凸显了妇女赋权在解决非洲发展中国家家庭粮食不安全问题方面的重要性。研究结果也有助于政策制定者提高认识，以便就家庭粮食安全做出更好的决策。
