Factors Affecting Sustainability of Food Security Projects Among the Masaai Community in Kajiado County, Kenya
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2018
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Nyaga, Juster Gatumi
James, Rosemary
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This study examined factors contributing to food security project sustainability. It will specifically focus on the food security projects in Kajiado County funded between the year 2008 and the year 2013. The choice of the study was that despite of the continuing support and implementation of food related projects in Kajiado County, food security still remains a problem. Most food security projects have a short span, staled, never imparted community, some have collapsed and hence non-sustainable projects. The study adopted evaluation research design. The study total population was 1200 individuals belonging or registered with various groups or organizations within the study area. A sample of 10% was selected to form a sample size of 120 respondents. The key informants selected project groups involved faith based organizations, financial institutions, community based organizations and offices from the Government. This were sampled using purposive sampling method. Face to face interviews and focus group discussions were used to collect the data. The data analysis involved descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) and hypothesis was tested at 95 percent confidence level. In order to find out the relationship between the study independent variables (community participation and funding levels) and the dependent variables (project sustainability), the researcher used the correlation and regression coefficient. The study found out that community participation affected the sustainability of the project positively. Moreover, funding level would also influence the project sustainability positively which was statistically significant. The results for the goodness of fitness of model indicated that community participation and finance level satisfactorily explained the sustainability of food security projects in the study area. This was supported by coefficient of determination (R-square) of 76%; indicating the model can be used to explain 76% of the variations in the dependent variable. The Analysis of the Variance (ANOVA) results indicate that the overall model was statistically significant and with very strong F statistic of 6.932. The study concludes that food security projects are not sustainable within the study area. Group members who are beneficiaries should participate in project at all the levels to create sense of ownership hence sustainability. Adequate funding should be allocated to the project to ensure project sustainability.
Key Words: Sustainability, financial level, community involvement food security projects, Kajiado County, Kenya
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Research Article
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Sustainability, Financial level, Community involvement food security projects, Kajiado County, Kenya
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Researchjournali’s Journal of Sociology, Vol. 6;7, July 2018