Need of micro study in household food security a case from North Eastern India

Household food security is a social issue intertwined with a large number of explanatory variables having implications of locality differentials. Researchers trying to dig out the major variables of household food security commonly use logistic probability model taking household food security itself as a dummy dependent variable. Application of logistic probability model in four case studies in the countryside of Jorhat district of Assam, a state in North Eastern India shows that determinants of household food security vary not only with locality, but also with food security thresholds. Food security here has been estimated as per FAO (1996) definition using two scales – one being calorie cut off used by Planning Commission of India and other being required dietary allowance for average Indian given by Indian Council of Medical Science Research. Identifying significant variables of household food security and mapping them as per their occurrence score, this paper concludes that, household food security monitoring and intervention need to be based on the selection of a proper threshold and area specific studies.