Sankura, Elias Getahun (2006) Challenges and Coping Strategies for Drought-Induced Food Shortage: The Case of Humbo Worda, SNNPR. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
So far the external intervention regarding responding to the hazard (drought) by different actors; government and NGO’s mainly emphasized on distribution of food aid, besides filling the immediate need gap, it has contributed its share in making community vulnerable to biophysical and Socio-cultural impacts. The key question which drives this research is why are the Humbo community remain vulnerable to the drought-induced food shortage regardless of the effort to withstand made by the Government, NGO’s and the household them selves. In order to explore the challenges and coping strategies for drought-induced food shortage the research used survey study method and conducted in three RKAs mainly on the bases of their history of chronic drought related food shortage. Data were collected from both primary and secondary source; primary data were obtained from stratified different wealth and women household head groups’ sample surveys and FGDs, key informant and observation. Secondary data; obtained form published and unpolished sources, relevant government line offices, NGO’s and website browsing. Analysis was done using tools such as SPSS, Microsoft Excel and Word. Among the key causes of drought-induced food shortages, the major once are categorized under natural and man made stress; natural or environmental stress includes absence or shortage of rain, land degradation, soil infertility, inset/pest out break, and epidemic. Manmade stress includes inappropriate technology, poor management and use of resource, lack of alternative source of income, dependency on external intervention, interventions that lack sustainability, top-down approach, deterioration of households’ asset and population density. Enhancing of collaborative, integrated net work and information exchanges among different sector and actors will help in addressing the root causes of food shortage of this particular woreda and the country generally.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Tim Khabala |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Sep 2018 12:30 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2018 12:30 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/5672 |
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