The Role of Social Safety Nets in Community Resilience and Performance of Food Security Projects
Abstract: This paper examines the role of social safety nets in community resilience and performance of food security projects in Loima sub-County of Turkana County, Kenya. The study was conducted in Loima Sub-County which is in Turkana County of Kenya. The study area is among the poorest in Kenya due to frequent droughts, insecurity and low investments by successive regimes. The study employed semi-structured questionnaires, interview guides and observation check lists to gather data and information on the study variables. A total of 491 households were sampled across 11 sub-locations. The study findings showed that social safety nets have weak positive influence on community resilience and performance of food security projects (r² = R2 = 0.1757). This implied that social safety nets explained 17.57 % of the variation of performance of food security projects while the other percentage was explained by other variables different from social safety nets. The overall F statistic of F = 30.49 (p=0.05) was statistically significant since at (p = 0.000
Keywords: Social Safety Nets, Community Resilience, Food Security, Pastoralism, Livelihoods,
How to Cite?: Ekiru Mark, Dr. Angeline Mulwa, Dorothy Kyalo, Francis Opiyo, "The Role of Social Safety Nets in Community Resilience and Performance of Food Security Projects", Volume 9 Issue 6, June 2020, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 781-791, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR20602203115, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR20602203115