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The r u r a l sector in many developing countries is increasingly characterized by the prevalence
of poverty and food insecurity (FAO, 1990b: 2) In a qualitative and quantitative study of 160
women, 93% reacted positively towards awareness of Government Policies interventions to ensuring
food security in the Kasena-Nankana Municipality. On the issue of women involvement in
agricultural production, 84.4 percent representing 135 of the respondents stated they were into food
production. 83.8% of the 160 respondents indicated that they undertake crop farming which was
consistent with the findings of Akpabio (2005). Out of the 160 women participarts, 81.25%
mentioned that they cultivated groundnut. Also 75.63% indicated that they cultivated rice. The study
further revealed that 76.25% and 65.63% of the respondents are into beans and maize production
respectively. Only 20% were into other crops not stated. 82% were engaged in animal production.
Respondents indicated that 43% engaged in food processing, 37% engaged in farm labour and 20%
engaged in trading of farm produce. The main methods of processing of food crops were threshing,
winnowing, milling and drying and this conform to the findings of Kabeen (1994). The main
constraint facing women in Kasena-Nankana Municipality towards achieving food security is the
non inclusion of women in decision- making process, such as distribution of farm lands and the sale
of family lands.
Keywords: Government, Policies, Food, Security, Women, Household, intervention.