The effect of production decline of Qoltso on food security in Gamo Highlands, South-west Ethiopia

Utallo, Abera Uncha; Shano, Tarekegne Shado; Degaga, Degefa Tolosa

doi:10.1007/s10708-019-10087-1

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“…As a result, chronic and seasonal food insecurity is a critical development challenge in the area. However, the area has long been praised for its ability to endure the country's historical food crisis shocks without resulting in life losses (Desalegn, 1996;Abera et al, 2019). However, the causes and key sources of its ability to endure food instability and famine have yet to be empirically supported.…”

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“…Particularly, the study area Chencha district is highly threatened by different forms of soil erosion (sheet, rill and gully) (CWARDO, 2014). The area is highly vulnerable to long-term seasonal food insecurity that lasts from April to May, and September to November (Tadesse et al, 2019;Abera et al, 2019). Declining landholding size, population pressure, drought, crop disease and pests, livestock and human disease, seasonal fluctuation, and resulting erratic rainfall are major causes of food and livelihood insecurity in the area (Engdawork, 2012;Shambel, 2017).…”

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“…Declining landholding size, population pressure, drought, crop disease and pests, livestock and human disease, seasonal fluctuation, and resulting erratic rainfall are major causes of food and livelihood insecurity in the area (Engdawork, 2012;Shambel, 2017). To withstand this challenge, people practice income diversification, cultivating endogenous drought-resistant crops (Enset and Qoltso), weaving, and rural-urban migration (Abera, 2014;Abera et al, 2019). But it lacks empirical studies conducted on the status and determinant factors affecting household capacity to withstand food insecurity shocks and stresses (resilience).…”

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Determinants of Household Resilience to Food Insecurity for Comparison: the Case of Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

Dereje,

Tilahun,

Yirgu

2024

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Background Food insecurity is a historical global human challenge, but has yet remained a burning development agenda. The capacity to withstand and recover from food insecurity shocks and stresses refereed as resilience, which is determined by a strand of factors. This paper deals with measuring and; identifying major determinants of household resilience to food insecurity among weaving-based livelihood system in Chencha district. Methods Multi-stage sampling technique was employed to generate data from 303 sample households through household survey, focus group discussion, and key informant interviews. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, household resilience index, chi-square test, one-way ANOVA and econometric model (probit regression). Results The household survey revealed that 59.04% households were non-resilient, 24.42% were moderately resilient, 10.89% resilient and 4.95% highly resilient. The Chi-square and one-way ANOVA tests have shown a meaningful and statistically significant difference among resilience categories. Finally, probit model analysis indicated that access to credit, average years of family education, crop diversity, income diversity, landholding size, TLU, expected crop harvest, expected cash income from fruit trees, frequency of extension contact, FCS, annual food expenditure, ownerships of Radio, Jewelry, furnished bed, membership in local associations, and distance to local market have positively influenced the likelihood of attaining higher household resilience at CI 95% or P<1%, 5% and 10%. Whereas; lack of access to mobile phone, inability to read and write, family business, formal employment, and transfers of payment have decreased likelihood of households to achieve higher resilience level. Conclusions Therefore, improving household access to credit, education, income diversification, livestock and land, agricultural extension services, membership to local associations, mobile service, and income diversification would enhance household income and food security, which could in turn improve household resilience to food insecurity.

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Determinants of Household Resilience to Food Insecurity for Comparison: the Case of Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

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Tilahun,

Yirgu

2024

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Production preference barriers and lowland-appropriate strategies of sustaining local food systems in drought-affected southern Ethiopia

Tora

2024

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A key element of food systems that look for significant inputs to ensure food security is food production. The production process is adversely affected by impermanent climates, particularly in places where droughts occur recurrently. In southern Ethiopia’s drought-prone Gamo lowlands, this study explores lowland-friendly strategies and challenges to food production choices. A cross-sectional survey design centered on households was utilized. Primary and secondary sources of data were used in the data collection process. The study’s primary data sources were the survey participants. The main methods used for gathering data were field observations, key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed in the data analysis. Numerous obstacles stand in the way of food production preference, according to the results of the household-level study. The most often mentioned ones were low professional support, rising production input costs, inadequate professional support, and traditional agriculture methods. The methods that were found included improving access to basic production resources like farmland and oxen as well as managing production costs to a reasonable level in order to alleviate these constraints. Furthermore, it was discovered that reevaluating the trends in production that are transitioning from food crops to cash crops is a major problem in the Gamo lowland environment. With growers paying less attention to valuable food sources—root crops in particular—the move toward cash crops is one that should be closely monitored. As a result, it is advised that local food systems need to be sustainable in view of changing climate and a growing populace.

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Reviewing the deployment of multiple indicators at micro-level food in/security investigations in Eastern Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

Tora

2023

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The effect of production decline of Qoltso on food security in Gamo Highlands, South-west Ethiopia

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Determinants of Household Resilience to Food Insecurity for Comparison: the Case of Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

Determinants of Household Resilience to Food Insecurity for Comparison: the Case of Chencha District, Southern Ethiopia

Production preference barriers and lowland-appropriate strategies of sustaining local food systems in drought-affected southern Ethiopia

Reviewing the deployment of multiple indicators at micro-level food in/security investigations in Eastern Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia

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