Status of food insecurity in dryland areas of Ethiopia: A review

Asrat, Dagninet; Anteneh, Adugnaw

doi:10.1080/23311932.2020.1853868

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“…Wheat is a significant stable and cash crop in Ethiopia, contributing to increased income, food security, employment, and national GDP growth [31] . Even though wheat productivity showed an increasing trend in the past two decades, there is still a 20% deficit that must be met through imports.…”

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Review of the Role of Orphan Crops in Food Security

Feyisa¹

2022

Res. World Agric. Econ.

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Ethiopia is one of the most populated countries in Africa. Agriculture employs over 70% of the population. It is dominated by small-scale farmers who practice rain-fed mixed farming by using traditional technology, adopting a low input and low output production system. As a result, it is vulnerable to adverse weather conditions. Cereal crops provide food for majority Ethiopians, so most agricultural transformation plans prioritize increasing cereal crop productivity. However, about five million people experience food insecurity each year and require support. Population growth, environmental degradation, conflict, and climate change are the most serious threats to nation’s food security. In a time when the food supply cannot keep up with population expansion, there is a need for holistic solutions to development-related issues such as food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty. Despite Ethiopia being a center of origin and diversity for several food crops, the potential benefits of underutilized indigenous crops are yet not exploited. However, they can play a significant part in human nutrition, income, and medicinal value. As a result, crop diversification may be the best choice for achieving household food security. One way to help nation’s food systems diversify is to include more orphan crops. Even though a small portion of the country’s land is dedicated to underused crops, more than 20% of the population relies on them for food. Orphan crops, such as enset, which can feed 100 million people, can help to attain food security in Ethiopia. As a result, promoting and researching these crops is the most sustainable strategy for lowering and managing poverty and food insecurity in Ethiopia.

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Review of the Role of Orphan Crops in Food Security

Feyisa¹

2022

Res. World Agric. Econ.

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“…Since then, the country has been under a serious threat to food security. In Ethiopia, more than 33 million people suffer from chronic malnutrition and food insecurity, and the number of people suffering from hidden hunger may be even higher [13]. The Crop Prospects and Food Situation Report pointed out that more than 8.1 million Ethiopians are facing food shortages, including 400,000 children who are facing a severe food crisis in 2020, with 6% of these 8 million at 4 food security risks (emergency food security threats), 21% at Level 3 food security risk (in a food security crisis), 38% at a Level 2 food security risk (under food security pressure), and 34% at Level 1 food security risk (at a lower food security risk) [11].…”

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“…Although the increase in drought caused by global warming is a generally accepted cause, the influence of social factors has become more prominent in recent years [8]. After synthesizing the relevant literature, the following 7 main reasons are worthy of attention [6,13,[16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Dryland Food Security in Ethiopia: Current Status, Opportunities, and a Roadmap for the Future

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Given the impact of COVID-19 and the desert locust plague, the Ethiopian food security issue has once again received widespread attention. Its food crisis requires comprehensive and systematic research to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger. This review discusses the current situation and the causes of food security in Ethiopia. We focus on the challenges in the food security assessment field. The article lists seven typical causes of food insecurity and three roots of food security in Ethiopia. Long-term food security assessment and a comprehensive understanding and manageability for food security causes are considered as the main existing research challenges. Climate-resilient management, water management, and long-term ecosystem network monitoring and data mining are suggested as potential roadmap for future research.

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“…Similarly, Ethiopia is one of the most frequent food deficit and famine-affected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Pastoral and agro-pastoral in arid and semi-arid areas are taking a large portion of the challenge due to natural and man-made problems [14,15]. Nevertheless, cereal crop production has an enormous contribution to solving food and economic victimizing problems in Ethiopia, which covers 29% of the agricultural GDP (14% of total GDP), and 64% of the calories consumed [16].…”

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Economic Potentials and Use Dynamics of Sorghum Food System in Ethiopia: Its Implications to Resolve Food Deficit

Sirany

Tadele

Aregahegn

et al. 2022

Advances in Agriculture

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Agriculture continues to be vital to Africa’s future in both spatial and temporal contexts. Nonetheless, the sector keeps on confronting production challenges as a result of frequent and extended droughts, and these necessitate the use of drought-resistant crops such as sorghum. This review initiates one of the most common food grains grown in the poorest countries and the most food-insecure regions of the nation. We used deductive logical reasoning to develop a comprehensive scientific understanding of the crop that can be used to inform future research and policies. Various exclusion and inclusion criteria were used to filter the most prominent findings. Sorghum has the highest utility for its climatic adaptability and has grown for multiple purposes: From staple to industrial outcomes, its economic, social value, and health outcomes, and for animal silage. It is a gluten-free crop, has high nutritive value, and is preferred by healthy consumers. It is among the top five cereal crops worldwide in both production and acreage. This has necessitated the development of coping measures, such as the cultivation of drought-tolerant crops suitable for the affected areas. Therefore, this crop is used to ensure productivity, food security, and availability of food when other crops fail and food deficit and famine are affected in the region. This will contribute to the ongoing discussion on how to better inform private and public sector policy and investments in Ethiopia to increase sorghum and other drought-tolerant crop production, transform agriculture, improve nutrition, and food systems, and end hunger, food insecurity, and poverty.

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Status of food insecurity in dryland areas of Ethiopia: A review

Cited by 14 publications

References 12 publications

Review of the Role of Orphan Crops in Food Security

Review of the Role of Orphan Crops in Food Security

Dryland Food Security in Ethiopia: Current Status, Opportunities, and a Roadmap for the Future

Economic Potentials and Use Dynamics of Sorghum Food System in Ethiopia: Its Implications to Resolve Food Deficit

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