Food Insecurity among Small-Scale Farmers in Poland

摘要: The problem of food insecurity is generally associated with developing countries, but at the household level it also occurs in developed especially socially vulnerable groups, such as small-scale farms. However, issue level, rather neglected scientific literature. This study was conducted to fill this gap and examine among farms Poland. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from 710 incidence degree measured Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). found that about 43% respondents exposed insecurity, including almost 9% severe which well above average for entire Polish population. By applying cross-tabulation zero-inflated Poisson regression model, higher age secondary or education farm manager, having children land productivity have statistically significant negative influence on households’ (i.e., decreased HFIAS score). On contrary, family size five more production type “permanent crops” “dairy cows” positive increased