‘Moving in place’: Drought and poverty dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia

Little, Peter D.; Stone, Morris; Mogues, Tewodaj; Castro, Alfonso Peter; Negatu, Workneh

doi:10.1080/00220380500405287

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“…It also corroborates the finding of Beyene and Muche [35]. The results indicate that owners of poultry and small livestock are less vulnerable to food insecurity, especially in times of drought when crops fail [57]. However, households with large livestock (specifically oxen and cattle) are less likely to experience little or no hunger and more likely to experience severe and moderate hunger.…”

Section: Determinants Of Food Security In the Sada Zonesupporting

confidence: 80%

Food security in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Zone of Ghana: an ordered probit with household hunger scale approach

2017

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Background: Food security has been observed to be severe in northern Ghana than any other area of the country. Though this has been acknowledged, few attempts have been made to curb the situation. One of such intervention areas resides in providing policy-based evidence to guide efforts in fighting this problem. This study employs an ordered probit model using data set from the baseline survey of the USAID's Feed the Future programme in Ghana to estimate the determinants of food security in northern Ghana. We perform the analysis using a new indicator of food security-the household hunger scale. This measure is different from other household food insecurity indicators since it has been specifically developed and validated for cross-cultural use. Results:The estimates show that crop producers, multiple crop producers, yield and commercialization are key policy variables that determine food security. A key policy implication of this result is in tandem with one of the intermediate results of the Ghana Feed the Future Initiative which seeks to increase competitiveness of food value chains through increased productivity and market access. Conclusions:Based on the results, stakeholders should step up efforts to enhance productivity of farm households and provide necessary market infrastructure to boost commercialization, as these are fundamental to ensuring food security.

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Section: Determinants Of Food Security In the Sada Zonesupporting

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Food security in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Zone of Ghana: an ordered probit with household hunger scale approach

2017

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“…Farmers sell their livestock and livestock products and purchase food grains during seasonal food shortages. Increased livestock holding leads to decrease household vulnerability to food insecurity, especially in times of drought when crops fail to yield that in turn improved food security status [17,38,39,43]. Thus, livestock owned is hypothesized to have a positive relation with food security.…”

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

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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

JAST-B

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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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“…Unlike other areas of East Africa where highlands generally Meteorological drought assessment are the most food secure parts of a country, the opposite often is the case in Ethiopia. In fact, the crowded, steep-sloped highlands above 2,000 metres including large parts of South Wollo, are among the country's most famine-prone areas (Little et al, 2006) (Figure 1). …”

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Meteorological drought assessment in north east highlands of Ethiopia

Yimer

Tadesse

et al. 2018

IJCCSM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the patterns and trends of drought incidence in north east highlands of Ethiopia using monthly rainfall record for the period 1984-2014. Design/methodology/approach Standard precipitation index and Mann – Kendal test were used to analyze drought incident and trends of drought occurrences, respectively. The spatial extent of droughts in the study area has been interpolated by inverse distance weighted method using the spatial analyst tool of ArcGIS. Findings Most of the studied stations experienced drought episodes in 1984, 1987/1988, 1992/1993, 1999, 2003/2004 and 2007/2008 which were among the worst drought years in the history of Ethiopia. The year 1984 was the most drastic and distinct-wide extreme drought episode in all studied stations. The Mann–Kendal test shows an increasing tendencies of drought at three-month (spring) timescale at all stations though significant (p < 0.05) only at Mekaneselam and decreasing tendencies at three-month (summer) and 12-month timescales at all stations. The frequency of total drought was the highest in central and north parts of the region in all study seasons. Originality/value This detail drought characterization can be used as bench mark to take comprehensive drought management measures such as early warning system, preparation and contingency planning, climate change adaptation programs.

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‘Moving in place’: Drought and poverty dynamics in South Wollo, Ethiopia

Cited by 116 publications

References 11 publications

Food security in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Zone of Ghana: an ordered probit with household hunger scale approach

Food security in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Zone of Ghana: an ordered probit with household hunger scale approach

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

Meteorological drought assessment in north east highlands of Ethiopia

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