This study was carried out to identify determinants of rural household food security in the jigjiga district of ethiopia. The psnp helps to address the needs of chronically food insecure households identified in famineprone areas of rural ethiopia through. Food security and nutrition the ethiopian case for action. The productive safety nets program psnp is a core element of the broader program. Food security country framework for ethiopia usaid. Ethiopias diverse landscape defines certain agricultural production potentials, access to input and output markets, and local population densities, which determine both labor availability and local demand for food. Core areas addressed include, livestock development in ethiopian context and its contribution to food and nutritional security, live animal and animal products export trade and sps quality requirements, and implications of institutional arrangement. Unemployment and underemployment is a major concern for ethiopian society. Using panel data from the ethiopia socioeconomic survey ess, representative of all people living in rural and smalltown areas, this paper describes changing patterns of food security between 2012 and 2014. Home ifpri publications evaluation of ethiopias food security program reference url. Ethiopia, food systems, dietary diversity, nutrition. The food security portal, facilitated by ifpri, aims to provide improved food security for the worlds poor and increased resilience of global food systems against food and financial crises.
The state of food insecurity in the world 2012 food and. The impact of ethiopias productive safety net programme. The shortterm impact of price shocks on food security. The prevalence of food insecurity for rural ethiopia in 20112012, using either reported. Household food security is the application of this concept to the family level, with individuals within households as the. There is now an urgent need for research that can provide broader perspectives and allow of crosssite comparisons of the contributions of forests and treebased agricultural systems to food security, livelihoods, healthy diets and nutrition. Similarly, the national food poverty severity index stood at 0.
Food security and nutrition the ethiopian case for action volume 5 issue 3 dorit nitzan kaluski, einat ophir, tilahun amede. Food security and nutrition the ethiopian case for. The impact of ethiopias productive safety net programme on the nutritional status of children. Contribution of small ruminants to food security for. Food security has been defined as all people, at all time, having physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Ethiopia on the impacts of food and cash transfers during a period of high. Rural income transfer programs and rural household food. This article examines the role of mens and womens asset inheritance in poverty and well. The opportunities and constraints facing ethiopian agriculture are strongly influenced by geographical location. Government of ethiopia leads startup of new alliance for. Inheritance practices and gender differences in poverty. There is evidence of food security being a concern many thousands of years ago, with central authorities in ancient china and ancient egypt being known to release food. Pdf state of household food insecurity in ethiopia. In 2012, save the childrens food security and livelihoods interventions reached over one.
The paper contextualizes the case of ethiopia within global food systems thinking and thereby aims to stimulate in and crosscountry learning. The impact of ethiopias productive safety net programme on. This study is based on a short field research on ethiopian food security, in particular. Global food security conference, mcgill university, oct. Data from the ethiopian rural household survey 1997, 2004, and 2009 are used to investigate the following. Ethiopias food security crisis of 20152016 is the latest in a string of such crises that. However, food insecurity and undernutrition still hinder economic growth. A profile of food insecurity dynamics in rural and small.
May 28, 2019 identifying and understanding factors that cause food insecurity would afford information for policy makers, planners, governmental and nongovernmental organizations which are working in the areas of food security program in order to modify and replan food security program interventions and take measurements on causes of food insecurity. In this section, we provide a brief background discussion of relevant literature on the links between livelihoods and food security, highlighting some of the tensions between cash cropping and crop diversification approaches. Such food security policy increase more dependency of the household rather than selfsufficient by them. Adoption of improved wheat varieties and impacts on household. A look at food security in china npj science of food. Save the children is a key player in food security and livelihoods work in ethiopia, ranging from life saving food distributions to longterm livelihood improvement and market support. The government policy objective is to increase the quantity and quality of food available and accessible in order to ensure that all kenyans have an adequate, diverse and healthy diet. This study investigates the impact of food price changes on food security in urban and rural ethiopia.
Using a quarterly household survey panel dataset and price data collected directly at markets, a negative effect of high cereal prices on some, but not all considered indicators of food security was found, controlling for unobserved heterogeneity across households. There is now an urgent need for research that can provide broader perspectives and allow of crosssite comparisons of the contributions of forests and treebased agricultural. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. Food security is a measure of the availability of food and individuals ability to access it. Food security is a dynamic concept, which has continuously integrated new dimensions and levels of analysis over the years. Global food security strategy gfss ethiopia country plan usaid. In this context, ethiopias agricultural and food policies are crucially important, having profound. Assessing the impact of the ethiopian productive safety net.
Future scenarios predict an increased dependency on food importation, thus worsening the food security situation in the region. Ethiopian institute of agricultural research eiar ethiopia, national center for. Determining how food security can be achieved has been a longstanding subject of scholarly and policy debates. Household food security, particularly for these smallholders, is determined by rainfall patterns, land degradation, climate change, growing populations, low agricultural investments, and global.
As per the 2020 humanitarian development plan hrp, an estimated 8 million people require food assistance. Despite rapid population growth, ethiopia s poverty rate fell from 56 percent in 2000 to close to 30 percent. Assessing the impact of the ethiopian productive safety net programme psnp alemayehu seyoum taffesse. Until 2003, most of the food security policy in ethiopia was based on relief and emergency service.
Ethiopia has made significant progress on food security and nutrition although. We find similar qualitative results using binary food security status as an outcome variable, where the adoption of improved wheat varieties increases the probability of food security for adopters by about 2. Through feed the future, we are helping ethiopian households become more involved in incomegenerating activities in the agricultural sector. It publishes articles within the field of food security research, with a particular focus on research that may inform more sustainable agriculture and food systems that better address local, regional, national andor global food and nutritional insecurity. Agricultural investments improve the competitiveness of value chains such as maize, wheat, coffee, sesame, chickpea, honey, potato, livestock and poultry. Ethiopia has made significant progress on food security and nutrition although challenges remain. The purpose of the meeting was to raise the profile and understanding of ethiopias new alliance for food security and nutrition, consult with stakeholders on the way. A profile of food insecurity dynamics in rural and small town. Agreement between the international centre for research in agroforestry and ethiopian institute of agricultural research 4. We examine four measures of food security two consumption based calories and dietary diversity and two experience based whether food insecurity was experienced in any month, and.
According to data from the central statistical agency csa, in 2012 the. In the future, improvement in grain productivity will depend more on technology adaptation than increasing resource inputs. President barack obama, industrialized countries, african leaders including prime minister meles zenawi, and private sector enterprises and corporations announced the new alliance for food security and nutrition new alliance and endorsed cooperation frameworks in three initial countries, ghana, tanzania, and ethiopia. Food security and nutrition center for international. New alliance workshop for food security and nutrition in ethiopia on august 21, 2012, in addis ababa. The new alliance strategy in ethiopia aims to help 2. Food security policy in ethiopia started during the monarchy government. Setting the stage for global economic, social and ecological renewa l. The project brings together international, regional, and countrylevel data, news, and research aimed at meeting countries immediate food security needs. Adoption of improved wheat varieties and impacts on.
Full project proposal format food and agriculture organization. Ha cultivated food crop area 12 million hectares rural farm family house hold 14. In 2012, save the childrens food security and livelihoods interventions reached over one million people through targeted interventions such as an. The relation bn economic growth and food insecurity. Despite efforts from the ethiopian government and from the farmers community, ethiopia remains highly vulnerable to severe and chronic food security as a result to a large extent of its. National food and nutrition security policy national food and nutrition security policy 6. This section provides a brief overview of the current food security and nutrition context in which usg investments are being made. Country food security and nutrition associated features.
Livelihood strategies, capital assets, and food security. This study investigates the underlying problems causing food insecurity in ethiopia and tests, policy options that could alleviate the problem in the future. Evaluation of ethiopias food security program ifpri. Ethiopias productive safety net programme psnp is a largescale social protection intervention aimed at improving food security and stabilizing asset levels. Jan 31, 2014 yet, in 20, the world food prizean organization that highlights individuals and groups who have increased the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the worldrecognized ethiopia for demonstrating some of the greatest progress measured in the economist magazines global food security index.
Assessment of food insecurity and its determinants in the. Based versus nutritionbased evidence from india, bangladesh, and ethiopia, err220. Identifying and understanding factors that cause food insecurity would afford information for policy makers, planners, governmental and nongovernmental organizations which are working in the areas of food security program in order to modify and replan food security program interventions and take measurements on causes of food insecurity. Assessing the impact of the ethiopian productive safety net programme psnp. Inheritance practices and gender differences in poverty and.
Based on household food security surveys conducted in ethiopia, this study seeks to understand the roles and limitations of income transfer projects as determinants of households food security. Ethiopia has made important development gains over the past two decades, reducing poverty and expanding investments in basic social services. On june 11, 2003 ethiopias prime minister the late meles zenawi convened a joint meeting with major western donors in addis abeba and confided in them that the food crisis ethiopia was facing at the time had reached unacceptable level. In ethiopia, smallscale farmers face an intensification of extreme weather events under climate change as rainfall becomes more erratic and. Assessing the impact of the ethiopian productive safety. With 83% of ethiopias people directly dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods, the country has a major food security challenge.
Ethiopia s government appears well aware of the risks it faces, and has put in place a battery of policies to address the countrys scarcity challenge. The wana region is considered among the largest food deficit regions in the world where large scale importation of grains, particularly wheat, is common. There is evidence of food security being a concern many thousands of years ago, with central authorities in ancient china and ancient egypt being known to release food from storage in times of famine. The role of population dynamics may 4, 2012 by laurie mazur ethiopia has been deemed a populationclimate hotspot a place where rapid growth and a changing climate pose grave threats to food security and human wellbeing. Assessing the root causes of recurring food insecurity in ethiopia. Ethiopian agriculture appears to be locked into a downward spiral of low and declining productivity, caused by an adverse combination of agroclimatic, demographic, economic and institutional constraints, trends and shocks. Ethiopia report 20122016 world agroforestry centre. Nov 19, 2019 core areas addressed include, livestock development in ethiopian context and its contribution to food and nutritional security, live animal and animal products export trade and sps quality requirements, and implications of institutional arrangement on food and nutrition security and livestock export trade. Aciar inception workshop report, 67 august 2012, addis ababa, ethiopia 3. Food security issues in ethiopia are extremely complex because of large variations across space and over time related to agroecologies, weather shocks, government policies, and other factors. Data used in this study were collected from 160 rural households in the.
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