Perception of Household Food Security of the San Francisco Libre municipality, Managua 2014-2016

Abstract

The study on the perception of food security is a contribution to the analysis of Food and Nutrition Security from the local level to identify the risk and most vulnerable groups. The research was descriptive, observational where we examined the socio-demographic characteristics of the heads of household, access, and consumption of food in the home, and the food sufficiency of households in the communities: Las Delicias, San Roque, and La Huertas and of the urban area of the departmental head of the municipality. Among the main results, 78% of the heads of the household are men, 52% are farmers and their family nucleus is made up of 4.2 members. 86% of households have food insecurity due to a lack of access to food in adequate quantity and quality to have a healthy life during the period studied. With a greater degree of severity in levels (mild and moderate insecure), with one third respectively of urban and rural households. This shows that households have experienced uncertainty and concern about the lack of food even hunger due to lack of money and resources to access food in sufficient quantity and adequate quality to enjoy a healthful diet. The level of energy sufficiency is critical for 40% of households and poor food sufficiency levels for 20% of rural and urban households in the municipality.