Determinants of food security in Southern Ethiopia at the household level

Feleke, Shiferaw; Kilmer, Richard L.; Gladwin, Christina H.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-0864.2005.00074.x

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“…The results from the FGDs held in the study area show that households sold their livestock and livestock product to purchase food for family consumption during drought and crop failure problem. Holding other explanatory variables constant, the odds ratio in favor of food security decreases by a factor of 0.6178 when the distance in hours of walk increases by 1 h. Also, other findings confirm the result of this study [31,64].…”

Section: Assessment Of Household Food Security In the Face Of Climatesupporting

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Assessment of Household Food Security in the Face of Climate Change and Variability in the Upper Blue-Nile of Ethiopia

Amare¹,

Simane²

2017

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It is widely recognized that climate variability and frequent droughts resulting from El-Nino phenomenon are among the major risk factors affecting agricultural production that might contribute to hunger and food insecurity in East Africa in general and Ethiopia in particular. The objectives of the present study were to examine the food security status and determinants of household food security among 442 randomly selected households in the Muger sub-basin of the Blue-Nile basin using household survey, focus group discussion (FGD) and key informant interview data collection methods. Both descriptive statistics (mean, chi-square test and t-test) and binary logit econometric model were used to analyze the data. The results showed that 57.8% of the households are food secure, while the remaining 42.2% of the households are food insecure. The binary logit regression results revealed that adoption of soil conservation, small-scale irrigation and employing different agronomic practices are important factors influencing household food security. Moreover, land holding and livestock ownership positively and significantly affected household's food security. The results further showed that family size and distance to the nearest market are important factors affecting food security in the inverse direction. The results highlighted careful investments on sustainable land management practices and small-scale irrigation that reduced sensitivity and increased the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers to the adverse effect of climate change and variability. This study further highlighted the significance of livestock ownership and landholding in attaining food security under changing climate. The findings call for action based on advocacy family planning to curb population growth and invest in creating functional value-chain that help farmers' viable market for their produces.

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Section: Assessment Of Household Food Security In the Face Of Climatesupporting

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Assessment of Household Food Security in the Face of Climate Change and Variability in the Upper Blue-Nile of Ethiopia

Amare¹,

Simane²

2017

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“…Using availability of food in the household as proxy indicator for food security, they found that the most significant factors affecting household food security were: the educational level of the spouse and that of the household head, size of farm land, availability of household assets including livestock, peace and security. Beside household endowments such as land (Feleke et al 2005) and proximity to food markets (Abay and Hirvonen 2016), Negatu (2004) reports that livelihood diversification strategies such as livestock rearing, growing cash crops, and engagement in trading are important factors for achieving household food security.…”

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Aspirations and food security in rural Ethiopia

Mekonnen

Gerber

2017

Food Sec.

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Despite some improvements in recent years, poverty and food insecurity remain widespread and the main challenges in Ethiopia. Much of the empirical literature focuses on identifying the resource-related constraints for farmers to achieve food security and move out of poverty, with little attention paid to 'internal' or psychological factors such as aspirations. Using individual and household data collected in rural Ethiopia, we examined if aspirations were strongly associated with well-being outcomes, in our case food security, as posited in the theoretical framework of aspirations failure. We found that aspirations of the household head were positively and strongly associated with various triangulating measures of household food security including per-capita calorie consumption, the food consumption score (FCS), the household dietary diversity score (HDDS), and negatively associated with the household food insecurity access scale (HFIAS). In contrast, results suggest that the aspirations of the spouse of the household head are negatively associated with per-capita calorie consumption and FCS. We discuss the channels through which aspirations may affect food security and the avenues for future research.

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“…In order to address the problem of decreased access to food and limited availability of food in resource-limited contexts, identifying those at highest risk for food insecurity is critical for programme planning (11) . Research in other developing countries has identified household size (12) , maternal age (13) and educational status (13) , as well as the presence of social support, as being important determinants of food insecurity (14) . Information on proven risk factors can aid in targeting programmes specifically aimed at reducing household food insecurity within unique socio-cultural contexts.…”

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Risk factors associated with the presence and severity of food insecurity in rural Honduras

Ben-Davies

Kinlaw

Campo

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Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To identify factors associated with the presence and severity of food insecurity among a sample of Honduran caregivers of young children. Design: Cross-sectional study in which the dependent variable, household food insecurity, was measured using a fourteen-item questionnaire developed and validated in a population of similar cultural context. A predictive modelling strategy used backwards elimination in logistic regression and multinomial logit regression models to compute odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals for food insecurity. Setting: Rural Honduras in the department of Intibucá, between March and April 2009. Subjects: Two-hundred and ninety-eight Honduran caregivers of children aged 6-18 months. Results: Ninety-three per cent of households were classified as having some degree of food insecurity (mild, moderate or severe). After controlling for caregiver age and marital status, compared with caregivers with more than primary-school education, those with less than primary-school education had 3?47 (95 % CI 1?34, 8?99) times the odds of severe food insecurity and 2?29 (95 % CI 1?00, 5?25) times the odds of moderate food insecurity. Our results also found that child anthropometric status was not associated with the presence or severity of food insecurity. Conclusions: These results show that among the sociodemographic factors assessed, food insecurity in rural Honduras is associated with maternal education. Understanding key factors associated with food insecurity that are unique to Honduras can inform the design of interventions to effectively mitigate the negative impact of food insecurity on children.

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Determinants of food security in Southern Ethiopia at the household level

Cited by 140 publications

References 10 publications

Assessment of Household Food Security in the Face of Climate Change and Variability in the Upper Blue-Nile of Ethiopia

Assessment of Household Food Security in the Face of Climate Change and Variability in the Upper Blue-Nile of Ethiopia

Aspirations and food security in rural Ethiopia

Risk factors associated with the presence and severity of food insecurity in rural Honduras

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