Determinants of Households Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia

Eshetu, Fassil; Guye, Adem

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“…The high proportions of severe food insecurity were largely from Arba Minch (51%) and from Bukavu (39%). This does not come as a surprise because [38,39] stressed that food insecurity is a thorny issue in Arba Minch-Ethiopia, and that it can be determined by various parameters, such as poverty, climate change, political instability and conflicts and about 16% of the DRC population is suffering from severe food insecurity [40]. Furthermore, the high proportions of those sorting waste compared to those using organic waste as compost or livestock feed implies that there are other purposes or CBE practices under which households use sorted organic waste.…”

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Circular bioeconomy practices and their associations with household food security in four RUNRES African city regions

Sekabira,

Feleke,

Manyong

et al. 2024

PLOS Sustain Transform

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Achieving the United Nation’s 2030 agenda which aims, among other goals, to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, requires a sustainable resource use model deployed at scale across global food systems. A circular bioeconomy (CBE) model of resource use has been proposed to reuse of organic waste in agricultural production to enhance food security. However, despite several initiatives recently introduced towards establishing a CBE in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), minimal scientific efforts have been dedicated to understanding the association of CBE practices and food security. This study use data from 777 smallholder farm households from DRC, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and South Africa, to examine associations between three CBE practices (use of organic waste as compost, as livestock feed, and sorting waste) and household food security. Using different regression and propensity score matching models (PSM). Result reveal that using CBE practices more likely adds a 0.203 score of food insecurity access prevalence (HFIAP), 1.283 food insecurity access scale (HFIAS-score) and 0.277 for household dietary diversity score (HDDS) among households using CBE practiced groups. Associations regarding using organic waste as compost are generally positive but insignificant, while those with sorting waste are significantly and consistently negative. Thus, CBE innovations aiming to enhance household food security could prioritize organic waste valorization into livestock feed consider socio economic aspects such as access to land, access to market, education level, using mobile phone, income and city regions where interventions took place. However, prior sorting of waste is necessary to enable effective waste valorization.

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Circular bioeconomy practices and their associations with household food security in four RUNRES African city regions

Sekabira,

Feleke,

Manyong

et al. 2024

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“…According to Asrat and Anteneh [ 6 ], about 13% of Ethiopian people live in drought–prone rural areas and many of these households suffer from chronic undernourishment and food insecurity. 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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“…Not Applicable 30 (10) Small family size is de ned as 1-3members in the household, moderate family size is de ned as 4-6 members in the household, large family size is de ned as 7 members and above in the household…”

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“…In Ghana the prevalence of food insecurity is not different, it is reported that about 38.2 percent of Ghanaians experienced food insecurity [9]. Study shows that the major determinants of individuals vulnerability to food insecurity consist of clusters of risk factors that include demographic factors such as age of household head, family size, safety net programs, distance from healthcare facility and death of household members [10]. Central to these cluster of risk factors in the Ghanaian setting is the family.…”

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Household food insecurity, family size and their interactions for depression prevalence among teenage pregnant girls in Ghana, a multi-stage cluster sampling survey.

Dominic

Yawson

Asare

et al. 2023

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Background: Household-food-insecurity, is situation where individuals and families have limited/uncertain access to nutritionally-adequate and safe foods for healthy-living. Family is basic social-unit comprising parents and children living together in household. Household-food insecurity and family-size are risk factors for depression. However, their synergistic and/or multiplicative effect on depression are not well established. This study explored household-food insecurity, family-size and their interaction on depression prevalence among teenaged pregnant girls in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district. Methods: WHO-STEPS multi-stage clustered-random sampling-survey was used to recruit study participants. 20-electoral areas in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district were randomly selected, and structured-questionnaire used to collect demographic-variables. Household-Food-Insecurity Access-Scale (HFIAS) and Child-Anxiety and Depression-Scale (RCADS-25) were used to collect data. Results:Diastolic blood pressure (P-value=0.014) and household-food insecurity (P-value= 0.0001) were significant for depression. Moderate-family-size AOR=1.08, 95%CI (1.17-3.71) and large-family-size AOR2.78, 95%CI (3.98-10.19) were significant for depression. Moderate-food insecurity AOR= 0.12, 95%CI (0.41-0.35) and high-food insecurity AOR= 0.27, 95%CI (0.11-0.71) were significant for depression. Interaction between moderate-food insecurity and moderate family-size AOR=1.69, 95%CI (2.79-17.51), interaction between high-food insecurity and low family-size AOR=1.24, 95%CI (1.57-11.41) and finally, interaction between high-food insecurity and large-family-size AOR=1.01, 95%CI (1.72-14.57) were significant for depression among teenaged pregnant girls. Conclusion: There is depression prevalence among populace in Twifo-Atti-Morkwa district. Teenaged pregnant girls report moderate and high depression prevalence. Household-food insecurity, and family-size are risk factors influencing depression among teenaged girls in the district. We recommend the need for population-based public health interventions in Twifo-Atti-morkwa district, targeting teenaged pregnant girls.

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Determinants of Households Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: Evidence from Southern Ethiopia

Cited by 14 publications

References 20 publications

Circular bioeconomy practices and their associations with household food security in four RUNRES African city regions

Circular bioeconomy practices and their associations with household food security in four RUNRES African city regions

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

Household food insecurity, family size and their interactions for depression prevalence among teenage pregnant girls in Ghana, a multi-stage cluster sampling survey.

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