Determinants of Per Capita Food Expenditure to Assess Food Security Status of Nepal

Authors

  • Hem Raj Regmi PhD Scholar, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kedar Rijal Faculty, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Ganesh Raj Joshi Faculty, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Ramesh P Sapkota Faculty, Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Arun GC Agriculture Extension Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock development, Kathmandu, Nepal

Keywords:

Food Security, Per capita food expenditure, Household expenditure, Nepal

Abstract

Food security is the global issue as the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) has explicitly considered zero hunger in the Goal 2. Nonetheless, in the recent years, the number of hunger population is in constant rise. Therefore, the paper attempts to estimate the determinants of the per capita food expenditure from the household expenditure. The data of National Living Standard Survey 2010/11 by the Central Bureau of Statistics Nepal has been used for the study. The multiple regression analysis has been performed. The per capita food expenditure has been used as the dependent variable. The model was found significant and the R-squared value was found 0.77. All the explanatory variables – except gender and education level (completed grade 5-7), were found significant. The number of households, area related variables urban rural and few development regions were found negatively associated with the per capita food expenditure.

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2019-08-30

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Raj Regmi, H., Rijal, K. ., Raj Joshi, G. ., P Sapkota, R. ., & GC, A. . (2019). Determinants of Per Capita Food Expenditure to Assess Food Security Status of Nepal. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 48(2), 116–123. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/10280

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Vol. 48 No. 2 (2019)

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