Smallholder aquaculture diversifies livelihoods and diets thus improving food security status: evidence from northern Zambia

Table 4 Household Food Insecurity Access Score (HFIAS) of respondents

HFIAS category	Total sample N = 351		Aquaculture n = 177		Non-aquaculture n = 174
HFIAS category	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
Food secure	54	15.4	36	20.3	18	10.3
Mildly food insecure	48	13.7	31	17.5	17	9.8
Moderately food insecure	117	33.3	58	32.8	59	33.9
Severely food insecure	132	37.6	52	29	80	46.0

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