%0 Journal Article
%T Assessing the Food Security of Vulnerable Agricultural Households to Climate Change in the Council of Tokomb¨¦r¨¦, Far North R¨¦gion of Cameroon: An Analysis Focused on the FCS, HDDS and CSI
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%D 2019
%X This article evaluates the food security of agricultural producers vulnerable to climate change in the Tokomb¨¦r¨¦ council through the analysis of food consumption scores, dietary diversity score and the analysis of the index of adaptability for the food. The data were collected using a questionnaire administered to 160 farm households that were selected by the stratified random sampling technique. Analysis of the data collected reveals that 82.5% of households are headed by men and 17.5% by women with very low level of education (55% have not been to school and only 45% have a primary level) and have an age between 50 and 75 (70.6%). The average SCA is 37.06 (acceptable), so 36.88% of households have an acceptable SCA of which in food security and 56.88% have a SCA limit of which moderately food insecure and 6.25% have a SCA poor whose food insecurity is severe. The average SDAM is 3.58 (acceptable) with a minimum SDAM of 2 and a maximum SDAM of 9. With SDAM; 90% and 79.12% of households are severely food insecure and moderately food insecure respectively. SDAM analyzes also show 75.6%, 20% and 4.4% of households with the lowest, average and highest dietary diversity respectively. The average CSI is 21.1 with a CSI min of 11 and a CSI max of 30
%K Food Security
%K Agricultural Household
%K Vulnerability
%K Climate Change
%K Tokomb¨¦r¨¦
%U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=232&doi=10.11648/j.ijae.20190401.13