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EXPLORING HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY THROUGH A SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE AN ASSOCIATIONAL APPROACH OF DISTRICT TORGHAR

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).08      10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).08      Published : Jun 2021

Exploring Household Food Security through a Sociocultural Perspective: An Associational Approach of District Torghar

Abstract

    The present study was conducted in light of a sociological perspective in the district of Torghar, Pakistan,to assess the household food security status through a perceptional research design. A sample size of 379 household heads was selected as per the proportional allocation method. A structured interview schedule encompassing all the study dynamics, such as independent (sociocultural determinants) and dependent (food security) variables, was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings indicated that famine was a socially constructed phenomenon being sprouted under the shade of cultural traits encouraging eating, producing, distributing, and consuming patterns. The prevalent culture was highly capacitated with abilities for assimilation and acculturation. The leading stakeholders, both individuals and institutions should strive for channelizing the behavioral food patterns by inculcating the wastage and misuse along with equality in distribution amongst locals inhabitants by taking inputs from the religion and constitutional enlightenment

    Sociocultural, Torghar, Pakistan, Household Food Security

    (1) Younas Khan
    PhD Scholar, Department of Rural Sociology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Mussawar Shah
    Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Asadullah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
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    HARVARD : KHAN, Y., SHAH, M. & ASADULLAH. 2021. Exploring Household Food Security through a Sociocultural Perspective: An Associational Approach of District Torghar. Global Sociological Review, VI, 59-68.

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    TURABIAN : Khan, Younas, Mussawar Shah, and Asadullah. "Exploring Household Food Security through a Sociocultural Perspective: An Associational Approach of District Torghar." Global Sociological Review VI, no. II (2021): 59-68. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-II).08