Effect of passive solar drying on food security in rural Mozambique

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Custodio Matavel
Harald Kächele
Jonathan Steinke
Constance Rybak
Harry Hoffmann
João Salavessa
Stefan Sieber
Klaus Müller
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[1] Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF),Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Life Sciences
[2] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,Faculty of Agrarian Sciences
[3] Universidade Lúrio (Unilúrio),Faculty of Health Sciences
[4] Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development,undefined
[5] Universidade Lúrio (Unilúrio),undefined
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Achieving food security in Mozambique is critical, since 80% of the population cannot afford an adequate diet. While increasing agricultural production is a necessary effort to address this challenge, inadequate post-harvest treatment leads to storage losses and quality degradation, with repercussions for food security. The use of solar drying is promoted as a solution to provide efficient and reliable access to food preservation that improves the food security situation in rural communities. However, there is a lack of clear evidence on how the use or access to solar drying affects food security. This study identifies the determinants of farmers’ choice to use solar drying and evaluates the effect of a passive solar dryer on food security using survey data from 634 households. We allocated solar dryers to selected communities and all interested individuals belonging to these communities were eligible to use it. Propensity score matching and endogenous switching poisson regression are used to estimate the average effect. The use of solar drying with associated training significantly increases the food security status of participants by increasing household food availability, women’s dietary diversity, and months of adequate household food provision and by decreasing the household food insecurity access scale.
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