Household Resources, Strategies and Food Security in Ethiopia PDF Download

Author: Mesay Kebede Duguma
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643906080
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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This book draws attention to the livelihood and food security situation of women farmers, a topic largely neglected by academic studies. It elucidates in a detailed empirical examination, the impact of informal social institutions on food security and coping strategies of these households in the Meskan district of southern Ethiopia. The area is environmentally and socially challenged. The results develop an understanding of the gender dimension of food (in)security and present important implications for public policy. (Series: Spectrum. Berlin Series on Society, Economy and Politics in Developing Countries / Spektrum. Berliner Reihe zu Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Politik in Entwicklungslandern - Vol. 110) [Subject: Sociology, African Studies, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Agricultural Studies]

Author: Yared Amare
Publisher:
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Category : Amhara (Africa people)
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Author: Amare, Mulubrhan
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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This paper combines pre-pandemic face-to-face survey data with follow up phone surveys collected in April-May 2020 to quantify the overall and differential impacts of COVID-19 on household food security, labor market participation and local food prices in Nigeria. We exploit spatial variation in exposure to COVID-19 related infections and lockdown measures along with temporal differences in our outcomes of interest using a difference-in-difference approach. We find that those households exposed to higher COVID-19 cases or mobility lockdowns experience a significant increase in measures of food insecurity. Examining possible transmission channels for this effect, we find that COVID-19 significantly reduces labor market participation and increases food prices. We find that impacts differ by economic activities and households. For instance, lockdown measures increased households' experience of food insecurity by 12 percentage points and reduced the probability of participation in non-farm business activities by 13 percentage points. These lockdown measures have smaller impacts on wage-related activities and farming activities. In terms of food security, households relying on non-farm businesses, poorer households, those with school-aged children, and those living in remote and conflicted-affected zones have experienced relatively larger deteriorations in food insecurity. These findings can help inform immediate and medium-term policy responses, including social protection policies aiming at ameliorating the impacts of the pandemic, as well as guide targeting strategies of governments and international donor agencies by identifying the most impacted sub-populations.

Author: Dessalegn Rahmato
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9994450476
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 626

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"This book, which examines Ethiopia's food security strategy and the safety net program from different approaches and perspectives in the context of the development of a social protection policy, is a continuation of that tradition ... Ethiopia's safety net program is one of the largest and most influential social protection schemes in Africa and, as noted by several authors in this volume, provides important lessons beyond the Ethiopian context."--Back cover.

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251305722
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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New evidence this year corroborates the rise in world hunger observed in this report last year, sending a warning that more action is needed if we aspire to end world hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. Updated estimates show the number of people who suffer from hunger has been growing over the past three years, returning to prevailing levels from almost a decade ago. Although progress continues to be made in reducing child stunting, over 22 percent of children under five years of age are still affected. Other forms of malnutrition are also growing: adult obesity continues to increase in countries irrespective of their income levels, and many countries are coping with multiple forms of malnutrition at the same time – overweight and obesity, as well as anaemia in women, and child stunting and wasting.

Author: Mulugeta Lolamo Handino
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 132

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The aim of this study is to explore and analyse the underlying causes of food shortages, household coping strategies and their implications for effective development and food security policies in Ethiopia and Kacha-Bira district in particular. The Kacha-Bira district was relatively food secure even during the 1984 famine that claimed millions of lives in other parts of Ethiopia. However, poverty is currently pervasive and food security is deteriorating. This research attempts to answer the following: the underlying causes of food shortages; the types of coping strategies employed by households dealing with food shortages; the responses of Government of Ethiopia and the impact of these interventions on household food security, as observed in the Kacha-Bira district. This research utilized both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Different data collecting tools were administered such as open-ended interviews, focus group discussion, household life stories and observation of situations. The underlying causes of food shortages in Kacha-Bira district are asset depletion, mainly plough oxen and cows, land scarcity and poor soil fertility, lack of off-farm employment opportunities, persistent drought and erratic rainfall, food aid, dwindling of enset(false banana) crop, the high price of fertilizers, flooding, ethnic-based regionalization, and crop pests. Households employed different types of coping strategies to deal with food shortages. Some coping strategies are positive and others are negative and have a detrimental effect on their livelihoods. The government0́9s responses to food shortages exacerbated food insecurity in many cases. A growing food aid dependency syndrome is apparent in the area. The findings of this study can be used by policy makers, development institutions, and local and community-based organizations for further policy formulations and better development interventions.

Author: Tsegaw Hirpa
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3346852342
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - Topic: Development Politics, grade: 2,0, Hawassa University (Faculty of environment, gender and development studies), course: Rural Development, language: English, abstract: Rural households, particularly smallholder farmers, are frequently predisposed to various vulnerabilites. This paper tries to investigate causes of livelihood vulnerability that rural households face and analyze coping strategies they apply. The analysis is done using data from household survey in Weradejo woreda of Halaba zone. The primary data was collected from 264 households, the secondary data was obtained from line office records and the review of related literature. The author then applies descriptive statistics and the econometrics model of multinomial logistic regression to identify the causes of vulnerability. Based on the descriptive analysis, the identified causes of households’ livelihood vulnerability are drought, farmland fragmentation, crop and livestock diseases, flooding, erratic rainfall, and shortage of agricultural inputs and shortage of capital. The capacity of the households and the community to cope with and recover from shocks remains low, despite the different strategies they adopt. The result of the multinomial logistic regression indicates that sex of the household head, age of household head, family size, and educational level of the household in schooling years, land size owned, pest/diseases, distance to market, and frequency of extension contact are the main determinants influencing the choice of the coping strategies by the respondents.

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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 464

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Author: Tadele Demissie
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
ISBN: 9783659413889
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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This book basically highlights the food security situation in Ethiopia selecting a particular district as a sample. It also touches government responses and household coping strategies when there exists food insecurity catastrophes. Efforts which have been made by government to address food insecurity problem are assessed both from government bodies and from the community in general. Households' major coping strategies are examined briefly.

Author: Paul Dorosh
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812208617
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 377

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The perception of Ethiopia projected in the media is often one of chronic poverty and hunger, but this bleak assessment does not accurately reflect most of the country today. Ethiopia encompasses a wide variety of agroecologies and peoples. Its agriculture sector, economy, and food security status are equally complex. In fact, since 2001 the per capita income in certain rural areas has risen by more than 50 percent, and crop yields and availability have also increased. Higher investments in roads and mobile phone technology have led to improved infrastructure and thereby greater access to markets, commodities, services, and information. In Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges, Paul Dorosh and Shahidur Rashid, along with other experts, tell the story of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation. The book is designed to provide empirical evidence to shed light on the complexities of agricultural and food policy in today's Ethiopia, highlight major policies and interventions of the past decade, and provide insights into building resilience to natural disasters and food crises. It examines the key issues, constraints, and opportunities that are likely to shape a food-secure future in Ethiopia, focusing on land quality, crop production, adoption of high-quality seed and fertilizer, and household income. Students, researchers, policy analysts, and decisionmakers will find this book a useful overview of Ethiopia's political, economic, and agricultural transformation as well as a resource for major food policy issues in Ethiopia. Contributors: Dawit Alemu, Guush Berhane, Jordan Chamberlin, Sarah Coll-Black, Paul Dorosh, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Sinafikeh Asrat Gemessa, Daniel O. Gilligan, John Graham, Kibrom Tafere Hirfrfot, John Hoddinott, Adam Kennedy, Neha Kumar, Mehrab Malek, Linden McBride, Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen, Asfaw Negassa, Shahidur Rashid, Emily Schmidt, David Spielman, Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Seneshaw Tamiru, James Thurlow, William Wiseman.