Influence of the rural electrification program on food security in Togo

IF 5.6 1区农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Food Security Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI:10.1007/s12571-025-01519-7

Aményon Akakpo, Shi Xinjie, Bingyu Huangfu

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess the impact of the rural electrification program on food security in Togo. To achieve this objective, micro-econometrics methods for impact evaluation, along with Propensity Score Matching techniques, are employed. The study examines various outcomes, including production levels, household consumption expenditures, access to basic social services, rural households’ consumption behaviors, and poverty levels. The study utilizes data from the 2020 Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) conducted in 2018 in Togo. The findings reveal that the rural electrification program positively influences both production levels and household consumption expenditures. It facilitates access to health and educational services and essential product outlets through their expansion and/or establishment, enhancing the quality of these basic social services. Regarding consumption behavior, households benefiting from the rural electrification program engage in fewer food reduction strategies (such as reducing meal quantities or the number of daily meals). Ultimately, access to electricity in rural areas significantly reduces poverty levels. In conclusion, the rural electrification program has played a crucial role in alleviating food insecurity in Togo.

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农村电气化计划对多哥粮食安全的影响

本研究的目的是评估农村电气化计划对多哥粮食安全的影响。为了实现这一目标，采用微观计量经济学方法进行影响评估，以及倾向评分匹配技术。该研究考察了各种结果，包括生产水平、家庭消费支出、获得基本社会服务、农村家庭消费行为和贫困程度。该研究利用了2018年在多哥进行的2020年生活水平测量调查（LSMS）的数据。研究结果表明，农村电气化计划对生产水平和家庭消费支出都有积极影响。它通过扩大和（或）建立保健和教育服务以及基本产品销售点，促进获得这些服务，提高这些基本社会服务的质量。在消费行为方面，受益于农村电气化计划的家庭较少采取食物减少策略（如减少用餐数量或每日用餐次数）。最终，农村地区的电力供应将显著降低贫困水平。总之，农村电气化计划在缓解多哥粮食不安全方面发挥了至关重要的作用。

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Food Security FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY-

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14.00

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6.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Food Security is a wide audience, interdisciplinary, international journal dedicated to the procurement, access (economic and physical), and quality of food, in all its dimensions. Scales range from the individual to communities, and to the world food system. We strive to publish high-quality scientific articles, where quality includes, but is not limited to, the quality and clarity of text, and the validity of methods and approaches. Food Security is the initiative of a distinguished international group of scientists from different disciplines who hold a deep concern for the challenge of global food security, together with a vision of the power of shared knowledge as a means of meeting that challenge. To address the challenge of global food security, the journal seeks to address the constraints - physical, biological and socio-economic - which not only limit food production but also the ability of people to access a healthy diet. From this perspective, the journal covers the following areas: Global food needs: the mismatch between population and the ability to provide adequate nutrition Global food potential and global food production Natural constraints to satisfying global food needs: § Climate, climate variability, and climate change § Desertification and flooding § Natural disasters § Soils, soil quality and threats to soils, edaphic and other abiotic constraints to production § Biotic constraints to production, pathogens, pests, and weeds in their effects on sustainable production The sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. Nutrition, food quality and food safety. Socio-political factors that impinge on the ability to satisfy global food needs: § Land, agricultural and food policy § International relations and trade § Access to food § Financial policy § Wars and ethnic unrest Research policies and priorities to ensure food security in its various dimensions.