Correlates of food security of farming households in the rural-urban interface of Bengaluru, India

Agriculture, food and nutritional security are linked intrinsically. Agriculture is important in ensuring food security, not only as a source of food production but also a source of livelihood. Poverty alleviation implications of agriculture is well documented in the literature, which again has a direct implication on both food and nutritional security. Understanding the food and nutritional security of the farming households in this line can give us important insights, particularly in the context of urbanization, due to which both agriculture and lifestyle are changing. The study examines the food security of the farming households based on a detailed primary data of 1200 households. The food security was estimated based on Food Security Index. Factors influencing the food security was estimated based on multiple regression analysis revealed that land holding has positively associated with food security while family size has negative association with food security index.