Food Security among Batwa in a Changing Climate in Kanungu District

Research Paper (undergraduate) , 2015 , 33 Pages , Grade: B+

Geography / Earth Science - Economic Geography

Climate change is increasingly becoming a major topical issue globally and its impact on food security has a long standing interest world over amongst researchers in a quest to establish a sustainable food supply systems to the ever increasing populations. The study was carried out on food security and the changing climate among Batwa communities in Kannungu district. The specific objectives of the study were; to identify the indicators of changing climate in Kanungu, assess the current food security status amongst Batwa communities, analyze future food security and strategies for enhancing food security in a changing climate, and suggest policy recommendations to be undertaken on how to enhance food security in a changing climate. The study was conducted using secondary data collected by IHACC (Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change) project operating in Batwa communities as the primary source of information with Focus Group interviews at Mukongolo Batwa settlement to supplement on the existing literature through getting firsthand information on study objectives. At the end of the study, it was established that Batwa communities severely suffer from food insecurity with constrained access to land as a major resource a problem further catalyzed by poor knowledge and adaptive capacity towards the current changes in climate. The study concluded that capacity building about issues of climate change is detrimental in necessitating food security among Batwa communities. The study also concludes that Batwa communities should benefit more from proceeds of managing of Bwindi impenetrable National park since it was their ancestral land which may enhance them to be entitled to the benefits from the income generated from the park to improve their livelihood sustainability.Therefore the study recommended that capacity building on climate change, stream lining the tenure system among Batwa communities and infrastructural developments as policy recommendations to enhance food security amidst the changing environment.

Table of Contents

ABSTRACT

1.0 Background

2.0 Statement of the Problem

3.0 Objectives of the study

4.0 Scope of the Study

5.0 Justification of the Study

6.0 Methodology

6.1 Study Area

7.0 Findings and results of the study
7.1 Demographic characteristics of the study population.
7.1.1 Gender of Respondents
7.1.2 Age Brackets
7.1.3 Level of Education Attained
7.1.4 Status of Employment
7.1.5 Employment Type among Batwa Communities
7.2 Indicators of climate change in Kanungu District
7.3 Current food security status among Batwa communities
7.3.1 Availability of food at household level;
7.3.2 Sustenance of food in a period;
7.3.3 Food variety and nutrition;
7.3.4 Daily dietary intake at household level
7.3.5 Consistency in the size of food eaten by adults in the household
7.3.6 Proportion of food eaten by adult members of the household
7.3.7 Adult food consumption status at household level;
7.3.8 Daily adult hunger incidences at household level;
7.3.9 Quality of food fed to children in a household
7.3.10 Food variety and nutrition among children in a household
7.3.11 Meal consumption status among children
7.3.12 Consistency of food portions given to children in a household;
7.3.13 Variability in meal consumption among children in a household;
7.3.14 Hunger incidences among children in the household
7.3.15 Daily hunger incidences among children at household level
7.4 Future food security and strategies for enhancing food security in a changing climate
7.5 Policy recommendations towards enhancing food security amidst changing climate in Batwa communities in Kannungu

8.0 Discussions, Recommendations and Conclusion
8.1 Indicators of Changing Climate
8.2 Assessing the current food security status amongst Batwa communities
8.3 Analyzing future food security and strategies for enhancing food security in a changing climate
8.4 Policy recommendations to be undertaken on how to enhance food security in a changing climate

9. Recommendations of the study

10. Conclusion

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• College: Makerere University (Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Climatic Sciences)
• Grade: B+
• Author: Hakimu Sseviiri (Author)
• Publication Year: 2015
• Pages: 33
• Catalog Number: V379683
• ISBN (eBook): 9783668567627
• ISBN (Book): 9783668567634
• Language: English
• Tags: food, security, batwa, changing, climate, kanungu, district