Impact of maize farm-gate price on food security in Ludewa district of Njombe region, Tanzania: Estimation of the logit model

Tanzania is one of the countries where the problem of food insecurity has been prominent to poor rural households. Due to this, Tanzania supports the second target of Sustainable Development Goals of eradicating hunger. Mostly, Tanzania target on maize for food security; traditionally, shortage of maize has been equated to food shortage. Although many studies have been carried out, less weight has been put in analysing the relationship between expected farm-gate price and farm household food security. Thus, this study intends to estimate the relationship between expected maize farm-gate price and rural household food security in Ludewa district of Njombe region-Tanzania using logit model. Among others, the main results indicated that farm-gate price has the negative significant effect on farm household food security. This leads to conclusion that farm-gate price is important for increased maize production. Thus, the study recommends measures that will increase producer price for motivating more production while ensuring the only surplus is sold.