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ZAKAT IS A SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL SAFETY NET IN THE DETERMINATION OF FOOD SECURITY: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY IN RAWALPINDI

Muhammad Abo ul Hassan Rashid

Volume: 3 Issue: 4 2013

Abstract:

In a word where food production is sufficient to feed, everyone, more than 850 million people live in condition undernourishment, hunger, or starvation. Much of the people lie in current dynamic of the global agro-food system; they have impaired access to food and contributed to environmental damage and social disintegration. Conventionally, the term “food insecurity” is used to describe situations of food deprivation. The notion of food security is as old as humanity, as the establishment of human communities always depended on access to food. In the present study significant focus was given to highlight the importance of zakat as a social safety net in the determination of food security, the exploration of the importance of zakat and usher for equity and access in food, The study was carried out in district Rawalpindi and 500 respondents were selected by using simple random sampling technique. Interview schedule was used for the collection of data and the data was analyzed by using Chi square test to explore the association between the two dimensions of study, food security and Zakat. Study explored that zakat and ushering are considered to be as a best social safety net for equity and access in food.

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