Determinants of Food Security under Subsistence Agriculture in Ethiopia: The Case of Hintalo Wajirat Wereda, Tigray Region

Araya, Moges Alene (2008) Determinants of Food Security under Subsistence Agriculture in Ethiopia: The Case of Hintalo Wajirat Wereda, Tigray Region. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Food security is a relative concept defined as the access to food by all people at all time to enough food for an active, productive and healthy life. Food security can be achieved when households produce enough staple food for their consumption or when they have enough income to meet their food need from market. Like many developing countries, Ethiopian farmers in the highlands predominantly practice subsistence farming and are often subject to food insecuirty. The current study aims to identify the determinants in achieving food security at household level in Hintalo- Wajirat wereda, South Eastern zone of Tigray region , Northern Ethiopia. The data was collected from both primary and secondary sources. A multi stage cluster sampling procedure were employed to sellect households from the wereda. Households were selected using systematic random sampling procedure proportional to size from the selected gots of the study area . A total of 210 households were interviewed using a semi structured questionnaire based interview schedule from three agro-ecological zones of the wereda. A two stage least square regression analysis was used to identify the determinant variables of food production and food security status of a household. Total cultivated land size and total livestock holding of the household were found to significantly(P<0.05) ditermine grain production of the households in the wereda. The food security status of the study area was found to be significantly determined by farm grain production (P<0.001), grain purchased from the market (P<0.001) and aid/remittance support received by the households (P<0.05). The later two factors are mostly influenced by the food security copping strategies followed by the households, their access to market and social networks. Thus, development policies designed for the wereda should target on enhancing these determinant variables of food security and on controlling family size and population growth to improve access to and size of land. Moreover, the government and non government organization dealing with achieving food security in the wereda should emphasize on creating income generating activities so as to improve the purchasing power of households, enhance asset building mechanism , access to market and other social infrastructures

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	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:	09 Aug 2018 10:22
Last Modified:	09 Aug 2018 10:22
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8431

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