Food security status and determinants in North-Eastern rift valley of Ethiopia

Getaneh, Yemataw; Alemu, Abera; Ganewo, Zerhun; Haile, Abebe

doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2022.100290

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“…Thereafter, households were categorised based on their HDDS using the method described by Swindale and Bilinsky [10] into the following categories: low dietary diversity category (≤ 3 food groups); medium diversity category (4-5 food groups) and high diversity category (≥ 6 food groups). Adoption of this categorisation of the HDDS in this study is further justified by the fact that several studies conducted in South Africa [9,33] and other parts of Africa [34,35] have also adopted the same categorisation of the HDDS.…”

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Analysis of the dietary diversity status of agricultural households in the Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa

2022

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Background Dietary diversity is a good alternative measure of the nutritional adequacy and food security. The present study assessed the household dietary diversity status and its determinants among agricultural households in the Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa. Methods Out of 543 households in the study area that were supported by the Phezukomkhono Mlimi programme during the 2018/19 production season, only 355 met the inclusion criteria and consented to participate in this study. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics, computation of the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) and the ordered logit regression model. Results Most of the respondents were elderly (56.10%) and females (59.44%). Most had low levels of education (43.66%) and low farm income (96.34%). In addition, most (65.35%) had large households. The majority (49.86%) of the households in the study area had a HDDS of 4.40, while the median HDDS in the study area was 3.90. Over the recall period, the majority of households consumed cereals (100%) and vegetable (78.31%) food types. Households headed by respondents with no formal education had lower odds (OR = 0.20; 95% CI 0.06–0.61) of having a higher dietary diversity compared to those headed by heads who had attained tertiary education. Households with income ≤ R3000.00 had lower odds (OR = 0.51; 95% CI 0.31–0.85) of having a higher dietary diversity as compared to those with income > R3000.00. Households with 1–5 members had higher odds (OR = 10.41; 95% CI 1.05–103.20) of having a higher dietary diversity as compared to larger households. With every unit increase in the age of the household head, the odds of the household of having a higher dietary diversity increased by 1.03 (OR = 1.03; 95% CI 1.01–1.05). Conclusion Since cereals and vegetables dominated the diets of the respondents, findings of this study highlight the need for improved access to sources of protein among the respondents. Therefore, there is a need for programmes to educate respondents on the dangers of inadequate nutrition (lacking in protein). Strategies that enhance farm income and the level of education among respondents should be prioritised because of their potential to boost Household Dietary Diversity (HDD) in the study area. Collaborations between different stakeholders, such as nutritionists, extension workers and researchers, should be encouraged so as to develop a holistic approach to improving the HDD in the study area.

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Analysis of the dietary diversity status of agricultural households in the Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa

2022

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“…Food security research in the arid and semi-arid areas of Southern Ethiopia by Eshetu and Guye [ 14 ] indicated that the prevalence of food insecurity in these areas was 68%, and the average vulnerability to food insecurity was 73%. Similarly, about 64% of the sampled households living in North-eastern rift valley of Ethiopia, which is the other drought–prone area of Ethiopia, were found to be food insecure [ 21 ].…”

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A comprehensive analysis of food insecurity in the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray

Gebre,

Abraha,

Zenebe

et al. 2024

J Health Popul Nutr

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Background The number of globally food-insecure people is increasing since 2017. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest proportion of severely food-insecure people in the world. Tigray region of Ethiopia is one of the food-insecure regions, which, over the past many decades has been affected by recurrent food insecurities. In the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray, many people are living under the condition of chronic hunger. Proper food security studies are vital for proper intervention mechanisms. Yet, previous food security studies have rarely addressed the four pillars of food security: availability, access, utilization, and stability. In this study, all components are duly considered to assess the food insecurity status in the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray, Ethiopia. Of the 34 rural districts in Tigray, 363 households from three drought–prone rural districts were studied. Results Household Food Insecurity Access Scale and Food Insecurity Experience Scale were adapted to measure the food availability, access to food, and stability components of food security; and, Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), Food Consumption Score (FCS), mid-upper arm circumference, and Bitot’s spot were used to analyze the food utilization aspect. Findings show that 68% of the studied community frequently ate less food than they felt they needed and 82.1% of the households have experienced hunger because of lack of food. The study rural districts were unconnected to road networks; hence, 87.9% of the elderly and 20.4% of the women and girls had no access to food markets. Regarding the food utilization, 81.5% of the studied households had poor FCS; and the average HDDS and FCS for the study areas were 2.47 and 18.9, respectively. The prevalence of Global acute malnutrition, severe acute malnutrition (SAM), and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) for 6–59 months of age children in the study areas were 50.3, 4.2, and 46.1%, respectively. More notably, the prevalence of SAM for children from the food-insecure households was 21.2%. The prevalence of MAM for pregnant and lactating women (PLW) in the study areas was 59.5. Further, the prevalence of Bitot’s spot among 6–59 months of age children was 1.9%. On the other hand, all the rural households had anxiety about their future food demands. Conclusion The rural households living in the studied areas were critically food-insecure. All the measurements implied that the food insecurity situation in the study areas was unacceptably worrisome and life-threatening. This calls for an instant action to avert the occurrence of famine and starvation in the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray region. Thus, interventions should primarily target the vulnerable rural people and need to be planned based on attaining food availability first rather than concurrently addressing all components of food security. Further, due emphasis should be given to diversifying livelihood strategies of the vulnerable villagers.

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“…Irrigation users in Ethiopia are 23% -52% more likely to getting a credit compared to those not practicing it (Tefera and Cho 2017). Households, who had access to credits, in Afar region, were shown to be more food secure (by a factor of 6.52) over those household who didn't get access to credits (Getaneh et al 2022). The rationale behind this is that credits create a purchasing power to households, which enables them to get access to high value diversified nutritious food in the case of short market supply.…”

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“…A study in the Sibu-sire district found that food insecurity was 27% and 56% among small-scale irrigation users and non-users respectively, which means the respective food security status was 73% and 44% for the former and the latter (Kelilo et al 2014). Households with larger irrigated crop production hectarage were also reported to be more food secure and as having better copping response to food insecurity factors (Getaneh et al 2022).…”

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Irrigation as a Crucial Tool for the Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals through Hunger and Poverty Alleviation in Ethiopia: A Review

Wendimu¹,

Yoseph²,

Ayalew³

2023

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Ethiopia has 74.3 million hectares of arable land and an irrigation potential of 3,088,395 hectares. Despite the country's vast irrigation potential, it hasn’t benefited much. A huge percentage of Ethiopia’s population is currently food insecure and a very significant portion lives under the national poverty line. Studies have confirmed the role of irrigation in alleviating poverty and promoting food security. Irrigation plays a huge role in poverty reduction, especially in developing countries like Ethiopia where agriculture is the backbone of the economy and the major source of employment. Irrigation does so by boosting farmer incomes, improving crop productivity, providing more employment and better pay rate, and contributing to the national GDP in the long run. Irrigation also promotes food security by contributing to all the dimensions including, food availability, access to food, food utilization, and stability. Given such importance of irrigation in poverty and hunger alleviation, it’s believed that the development of the sector massively contributes to the realization of sustainable development goals (SDG). Hence, this article voices the need for exploiting the huge irrigation potential and improving the irrigation sector, in order for the country to pull its population out of the misery of hunger and poverty.

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Food security status and determinants in North-Eastern rift valley of Ethiopia

Cited by 25 publications

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Analysis of the dietary diversity status of agricultural households in the Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa

Analysis of the dietary diversity status of agricultural households in the Nkomazi Local Municipality, South Africa

A comprehensive analysis of food insecurity in the drought–prone rural areas of Tigray

Irrigation as a Crucial Tool for the Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals through Hunger and Poverty Alleviation in Ethiopia: A Review

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