Determinants of food security under changing land-use systems among pastoral and agro-pastoral households in eastern Ethiopia

Beyene, Fekadu

doi:10.1007/s10668-014-9596-8

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“…However, the extent to which the observed transition processes constitute a pathway to sustainable intensification of drylands is an intensively debated question (e.g. Beyene 2014;Catley et al 2013;Greiner et al 2013;Schmidt and Pearson 2016).…”

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Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands

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Dryland livestock production systems are changing in many parts of the world, as a result of growing human populations and associated pressure on water and land. Based on a combination of social and natural science methods, we studied a 30-year transformation process from pastoralism to a livestock-based agro-pastoral system in northwestern Kenya, with the overall aim to increase the understanding of the ongoing transition towards intensified agro-pastoralist production systems in dryland East Africa. Key to this transformation was the use of enclosures for land rehabilitation, fodder production, and land and livestock management. Enclosures have more soil carbon and a higher vegetation cover than adjacent areas with open grazing. The level of adoption of enclosures as a management tool has been very high, and their use has enabled agricultural diversification, e.g. increased crop agriculture, poultry production and the inclusion of improved livestock. Following the use of enclosures, livelihoods have become less dependent on livestock migration, are increasingly directed towards agribusinesses and present new opportunities and constraints for women. These livelihood changes are closely associated with, and depend on, an ongoing privatization of land under different tenure regimes. The results indicate that the observed transformation provides opportunities for a pathway towards a sustainable livestock-based agro-pastoral system that could be valid in many dryland areas in East Africa. However, we also show that emergent risks of conflicts and inequalities in relation to land, triggered by the weakening of collective property rights, pose a threat to the sustainability of this pathway.

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“…Participation in livestock and grain markets have also been treated as a means of securing access to food through different forms of market exchange (Beyene, 2015;Beyene and Kassie, 2015). It is possible that poverty may have the propensity to deny households access to market-sourced food (Mbajiorgu, 2019) or farmers may require additional skills to operate in commercial markets (Hendriks, 2014).…”

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“…Access and reliability of food supplies were especially precarious for semisubsistence households, where food availability was especially sensitive to crop failure and high-food prices (FSIN, 2017). The number of undernourished people rose rapidly with resultant food shortages and elevated food prices from 2.7 million in 2010-12 to an estimated 8.8 million in 2015-17 (FAO et al, 2019. The number of moderately or severely food insecure people increased from a three year average of 19.4 million in 201519.4 million in -201719.4 million in to 20.4 million in 201619.4 million in -201819.4 million in (FAOSTAT, 2020.…”

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Sustainable Intensification Practices Reduce Food Deficit for the Best- and Worst-Off Households in Ethiopia and Mozambique

Wilkus¹,

deVoil²,

Marenya³

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Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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An adequate food supply is widely recognized as a necessary condition for social development as well as a basic human right. Food deficits are especially common among semi-subsistence farming households in eastern and southern Africa and farm productivity is widely regarded as the locus for enhancing household food outcomes. However, knowledge gaps surrounding benefits associated with climate smart, productivity-enhancing technologies require attention. This study evaluates benefits associated with sustainable intensification farm management practices (crop residue retention, minimum tillage, manure application and use of herbicides, pesticides, fertilizer, and improved seeds) for household calorie and protein supplies and demonstrates their scope across households with high-, moderate- and low- likelihoods of calorie and protein deficits. Household-level calorie and protein deficits were estimated from survey data on food production, acquisition and consumption for households in Ethiopia and Mozambique. Multinomial logistic models were used to identify drivers of household food deficit status and logistic model trees established “rules of thumb” to classify households by food deficit status as low, moderate or high likelihood. In Ethiopia, especially wet seasons were associated with a high likelihood of a food deficit while especially dry seasons were associated with a high likelihood of food deficit in Mozambique. The practices associated with sustainable intensification and related technologies substantially enhanced food outcomes in groups with a high- and a low-likelihood of food deficit, and associated benefits were high for the best-off households. Benefits associated with sustainable intensification technologies were not observed for households with a moderate likelihood of a food deficit and some technologies even increased risk. The sustainable intensification practices assessed here were associated with improved food outcomes yet benefits were limited in scope for households of intermediate status. Thus, there is a need to expand the technical options available to reduce food deficit.

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“…This presents an important limitation since household food insecurity is dictated by a host of climate-related factors in combination with demographic, physical and natural resource, socio-economic and institutional factors. Moreover, an empirical study that examined determinants of food insecurity indicates the need to be context specific in identifying factors that influence specific investment in food insecurity projects and programs (Beyene, 2014). Therefore, the knowledge of climatic factors could assists policy makers to reduce food insecurity through investing on these factors and also has benefits for mainstreaming climate change and variability issues in designing interventions that have a realistic chance of being implemented, that are more likely contribute to reducing food insecurity situation.…”

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Analysis of Households Food Insecurity in the Face of Climate Variability: Evidence from North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Cheber¹,

Beyene²,

Haji³

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Food insecurity is more worrisome now than ever before due to unprecedented climate variability and widespread rural poverty. Research-based and policy relevant empirical evidence is crucial to design strategies to address food insecurity in the face of climate variability. Thus, this study examines the status of food insecurity among households’ and its determinants in North Shewa Zone of Amhara Region using cross-sectional data collected from 382 sample households. Households’ food insecurity status was determined by comparing the total calorie available for consumption per adult equivalent to the minimum level of subsistence requirement per adult equivalent of 2200 kcal. Logistic regression model was used to identify factors that influence food insecurity status of households in the study area. Accordingly, the results of the study show that majority (56.28%) of the sample households in the study area were food insecure. In addition, results revealed that age, literacy, cultivated land size, soil fertility status, number of oxen owned and irrigation water use were the major factors negatively associated with food insecurity. In contrast, sex, household size, distance to the main market and rainfall variability have increased the probability of being food insecure. The findings imply that majority of the households are food insecure where its improvement can be addressed through appropriate policy, institutional and technological options.

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Determinants of food security under changing land-use systems among pastoral and agro-pastoral households in eastern Ethiopia

Cited by 16 publications

References 44 publications

Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands

Enclosures in West Pokot, Kenya: Transforming land, livestock and livelihoods in drylands

Sustainable Intensification Practices Reduce Food Deficit for the Best- and Worst-Off Households in Ethiopia and Mozambique

Analysis of Households Food Insecurity in the Face of Climate Variability: Evidence from North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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