Farmers’ willingness to pay for rehabilitation of degraded natural resources under watershed development: The case of Belesa districts, Amhara region of Ethiopia

Maternal dietary diversity increases with women's high decision-making autonomy in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022

“…The district is located at elevations ranging from 1496 to 2000 m above sea level. Approximately 90 % of the district is desert (kola), with low annual rainfall resulting in frequent drought and famine [ 30 ]. The district comprises nineteen and five rural and urban kebeles (the smallest administrative unit), respectively.…”

“…A dietary method of nutritional assessment is used for screening individuals who are at risk of developing malnutrition and provides evidence about the necessity of appropriate nutritional interventions. The current study area, the East Belessa rural district, is one of 47 food-insecure and seriously drought-affected mountainous areas in the region [ 30 ]. Therefore, we hypothesized that pregnant women residing in this area may are at greater risk of not achieving their minimum dietary diversity and that their diet quality is influenced by women's decision-making autonomy.…”