"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme socio-economics".
Impact of social networks on food security among formerly displaced households in Lira, northern Uganda
Abstract:
We examine the influence of social networks on resource
access and food security in post-conflict Lira, northern Uganda.
Based on an on-going food security recovery project targeting
formerly displaced households, preliminary results of interviews
with participating households show that households with larger
and more diverse networks have greater access to resources.
Furthermore, such households tend to produce, market and
create more assets and as a result are relatively less food
insecure than those with smaller and less diverse networks. A
focus on social networks is vital for fostering sustainable
solutions, especially in communities emerging from protracted
conflicts.
Nous examinons l’influence des réseaux sociaux sur l’accès
aux ressources et la sécurité alimentaire dans la région postconflictuelle
de Lira, au nord de l’Ouganda. Basés sur un projet
de récupération de la sécurité alimentaire en cours, ciblant les
anciens ménages déplacés, les résultats préliminaires
d’interviews avec des ménages y participant montrent que les
ménages avec des réseaux plus vastes et plus divers ont un
meilleur accès aux ressources. En outre, les ménages ont
tendance à produire, à commercialiser et à créer plus d’actifs
et par conséquent sont relativement dans l’insécurité alimentaire
moins que ceux avec des réseaux plus petits et moins divers.
L’accent mis sur les réseaux sociaux est essentiel pour favoriser
des solutions durables, en particulier dans les communautés
sortant de conflits prolongés.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1611-1615
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