The Impact of the 1996 Amhara Region Land Redistribution on Productivity and Household Food Security, a Comparison between the Losers and the Beneficiary Households: The Case of Enebsie Sar- Midir Woreda, East Gojjam Zone

Aderie, Aberra (2002) The Impact of the 1996 Amhara Region Land Redistribution on Productivity and Household Food Security, a Comparison between the Losers and the Beneficiary Households: The Case of Enebsie Sar- Midir Woreda, East Gojjam Zone. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Food security is one of the main components of livelihood security. Its conception goes back to the early 1970’s to address global, regional, national, sub-national, community, households and individual levels food security issues. As a concept is embraces four main components Viz., availability, utilization, access and asset creation. Food security and food self –sufficiency have different implication at national and household level. Food self –sufficiency at national level does not necessarily mean Households and individuals are food secure, since national production and incomes are not equally distributed among households and individual As a result of the growing awareness and understanding of how an increase in food production, supply and self-sufficiency at national level does not necessarily result in household and individual member’s food security, shift in paradigm become inevitable. Household food security as an approach came into being currently. Recently, Household food security is at the heart of the decision –makers and academicians. An individual household access to food will be affected by the income he /she has to purchase food at the prevailing market prices and access to land and other resources to produce food. Like wise, household food security can be influenced by demographic structure (being child, aged, and gender of the households), educational level, location (region, rural or urban). With an alarming growth rate and wide spread of poverty and food insecurity in developing countries, many countries have adopted varies strategies. These strategies are, green revolution, income transfer, subsides, camps feeding in south east Asia, the land distribution schemes in many developing countries, the agricultural led industrialization and food security strategies in Ethiopia, are some among many strategies to be mentioned. There fore, land redistribution, though, adds social worth and some economic benefits to the recipients, unless and other wise supplemented with other factors of production and agricultural inputs will not resulted in Households food security in the Woreda.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Tim Khabala
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2018 12:48
Last Modified:	10 Sep 2018 12:48
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5041

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