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The intersection of household food security and economic development among Miskitu Indians in Honduras.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The intersection of household food security and economic development among Miskitu Indians in Honduras./
Author:	Jefferds, Mariaelena del Socorro.
Description:	356 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-03, Section: A, page: 1105.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International62-03A.
Subject:	Anthropology, Cultural. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3009124
ISBN:	9780493184463

The intersection of household food security and economic development among Miskitu Indians in Honduras.
Jefferds, Mariaelena del Socorro.

The intersection of household food security and economic development among Miskitu Indians in Honduras. - 356 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-03, Section: A, page: 1105.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 2001.

This dissertation examines the everyday experiences of indigenous people in rural Honduras with household food security and community economic development programs. I investigated the role of non-governmental (NGO) and governmental (GO) organizations in Wawina, a Miskitu community on the Patuca River in the Mosquitia of Honduras. I specifically focused on the role of an indigenous NGO, Mosquitia Pawisa (MOPAWI) that was run by and employed people originally from the Mosquitia. Scholars have argued that economic development programs will benefit more people if they are run and controlled by the beneficiaries. In this study I examined the MOPAWI program in Wawina in order to explore this assumption in one community. One of the goals of the NGO and GO programs in Wawina was to improve food security.

ISBN: 9780493184463Subjects--Topical Terms:

735016
Anthropology, Cultural.

The intersection of household food security and economic development among Miskitu Indians in Honduras.
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520 $a This dissertation examines the everyday experiences of indigenous people in rural Honduras with household food security and community economic development programs. I investigated the role of non-governmental (NGO) and governmental (GO) organizations in Wawina, a Miskitu community on the Patuca River in the Mosquitia of Honduras. I specifically focused on the role of an indigenous NGO, Mosquitia Pawisa (MOPAWI) that was run by and employed people originally from the Mosquitia. Scholars have argued that economic development programs will benefit more people if they are run and controlled by the beneficiaries. In this study I examined the MOPAWI program in Wawina in order to explore this assumption in one community. One of the goals of the NGO and GO programs in Wawina was to improve food security.
520 $a I collected the data in this study through participant observation, interviews carried out with five samples of community members, and several key informant interviews. From January to November 1998, 330 community members participated in this study, including mothers and their children, local NGO and GO employees, and selected officials in Ahuas, the political center of the municipality that includes Wawina. I collected data on who benefited from the programs and how the programs affected household food security. MOPAWI had the only NGO program in Wawina during the data collection period although there was also a GO project with a similar program.
520 $a In Wawina, many women reported they experienced periodic and chronic food insecurity. The findings of this study show that the NGO and GO programs in Wawina did not improve the household food security of the majority of community members; in fact, few households actually reported ever participating in NGO or GO programs. In 1998, the major development programs in Wawina focused on the production of cacao to be sold for processing into chocolate and other products in the interior of Honduras. The NGO and GO staff stated they promoted participatory community development and that these projects were open to all community members. However, the orientation of NGO and GO programs, the limited types of projects available, and the labor and time frame involved for the projects did not appeal to many community members. Also, community members, local NGO and GO staff and local public officials readily recognized that the main projects promoted were aimed toward male participation and were not considered appropriate for women.
520 $a Ultimately, the projects did not improve the food security of the majority of community members or target those with the most risk of chronic or periodic food insecurity. Findings show that households that reported participating in development projects had higher socioeconomic status. They also reported significantly lower food insecurity on the Food Security Questionnaire, and children in these households had significantly higher mean Z scores for height and weight during the hungry season compared to other children.
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