TY - JOUR ID - 76904 TI - Investigating Effective Constructs on Improving Participation of Rural Women in Promoting Household Food Security JO - Woman in Development & Politics JA - JWDP LA - en SN - 2538-3124 AU - Shabanali Fami, Hossein AU - Jafari, Fatemeh AU - Savari, Moslem AU - Shokati Amghani, Mohammad AU - Motaghed, Mahsa AD - Professor, Department of Agricultural Management and Development, University of Tehran AD - PhD Student in Agricultural Development, University of Tabriz AD - Assistant Professor, Khuzestan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources AD - PhD student in Agricultural Development, University of Tehran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - 603 EP - 630 KW - Food security KW - food insecurity KW - improvement of participation KW - rural women DO - 10.22059/jwdp.2020.281605.1007641 N2 - This research was conducted with the general purpose of investigating the effective constructs on improving the participation of rural women in promoting household food security. The statistical population of the study included all rural women in Tarom Olia (N = 10796) out of which 398 people were selected based on Kerjeci and Morgan sampling table and via stratified random sampling method for interviewing as the respondents. The main data gathering instrument of this study was a questionnaire. The validity of the instrument was confirmed by a panel of food safety experts and faculty members of the Department of Agricultural Management and Development in University of Tehran and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was performed in two sections of descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSSwin18 and Lisrel8.54 software. The results of the study indicated the prevalence of poor food security status, and low participation of rural women in promoting food security. The results of correlation analysis showed that economic, social and psychological constructs have a positive and significant relationship with the improvement of women's participation in promoting food security. In addition, the results of structural equation modeling showed that the (economic, social and psychological) constructs with a coefficient of 81% (γ = 0.99, t = 7.92) had a positive and significant effect on improving the participation of rural women in promoting Household food security. UR - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_76904.html L1 - https://jwdp.ut.ac.ir/article_76904_41245d453d7e762491fc81eba94abdb5.pdf ER -