The Perception of Hunger and Food Security Among the Rural Households of Baba 1 Village, North West Region of Cameroon
Njoya, Abdulaye Nchurinde (2025)
2025
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2025060420376
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This research examines hunger and food insecurity perceptions in Baba 1 village in the Babessi Sub-Division of Cameroon’s Northwest Region. Rural communities like Baba 1 still got deep food insecurity with 92% of households affected even with the abundant agricultural resources available in Cameroon. Underproduction, long-lasting socio-political crisis and poverty explain these phenomena.
The data has been collected via a cross-sectional survey from a sample of 100 households selected through multistage random sampling. The analysis conducted through SPSS and Excel indicated low agricultural productivity in the region, with productivity being 1.64 tons per hectare, which is far below the community's requirements. Food production is dominantly grain crops (36%), but there is no growth in production.
As a coping strategy, the study identified severe asset selling, debt, aid reliance, and aid-less consumption which by most metrics render futile. Resilience is further stressed with a 66.6% drop in food aid over the past six years. Some families view relocating as a far more promising solution.
Because of these socio-political strife/ crises, livelihoods have been shattered, increased poverty, and restricted government action, deepening these issues. The village of Baba 1 shows strong signs of needing policy conflict resolution, support to policy reform, and backup boosting food production and economic viability.
The data has been collected via a cross-sectional survey from a sample of 100 households selected through multistage random sampling. The analysis conducted through SPSS and Excel indicated low agricultural productivity in the region, with productivity being 1.64 tons per hectare, which is far below the community's requirements. Food production is dominantly grain crops (36%), but there is no growth in production.
As a coping strategy, the study identified severe asset selling, debt, aid reliance, and aid-less consumption which by most metrics render futile. Resilience is further stressed with a 66.6% drop in food aid over the past six years. Some families view relocating as a far more promising solution.
Because of these socio-political strife/ crises, livelihoods have been shattered, increased poverty, and restricted government action, deepening these issues. The village of Baba 1 shows strong signs of needing policy conflict resolution, support to policy reform, and backup boosting food production and economic viability.