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Articles · Vol. 27 No. 1-2 (2002): Africa Development

An Empirical Analysis of Food Insecurity in Ethiopia: The Case of North Wello

10.4314/ad.v27i1.22154

  • Assefa Demeke
    Assefa Demeke
      Department of Economics, ECSC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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  • G. Ramakrishna
    G. Ramakrishna
      Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Osmania University
    Their articles →
Vol. 27 · 2002 No. 1-2 Africa Development AD

Abstract

In this paper an attempt is made to assess food insecurity situation in the North Wello zone of Ethiopia using household data. To this end, a food balance sheet and an aggregate household food security index have been constructed and food insecurity causation has been studied using a logit model. The survival mechanisms of the people also have been recorded. The evidence suggests that the study area is highly food insecure and survival mechanisms are traditional. Along with food availability and entidement, attitudinal variables also influence food insecurity.

An Empirical Analysis of Food Insecurity in Ethiopia: The Case of North Wello: 10.4314/ad.v27i1.22154

Dans cet article, l'auteur tente d'évaluer la situation d'insécurité alimentaire qui prévaut dans la zone Nord du Wello (Ethiopie) en se servant de données collectées auprès des ménages. A cet effet, un bilan alimentaire et un indexe global de sécurité alimentaire des ménages ont été dressés et une relation de cause à effet avec la sécurité alimentaire a été étudiée en utilisant un modèle logique. Les stratégies de survie des populations ont aussi été enregistrées. Il s'est avéré que la zone étudiée connaît une très forte insécurité alimentaire et les stratégies usitées sont archaïques. Tout comme la disponibilité des ressources alimentaires et l'accès à ces ressources, les changements d'attitude influencent l'insécurité alimentaire.

G. Ramakrishna, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Osmania University, Hyderaba-7, India

Assefa Demeke, Department of Economics, ECSC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

1 The chronology of Ethiopian famines and food shortages is well documented by Webb, P and J.V Braun (1994). They listed 40 periods of such crises.
2 Asefa, Sisay 'Perspectives on Agricultural Policy, Rural poverty and Food Insecurity in Ethiopia', in Demeke Mulat, Wokky Amha, Simon Ehui and Tesfay Zegeye (eds) (1995), p. 37.

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food insecurity poverty north wello Ethiopia

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Author Biographies

  • Assefa Demeke

     Department of Economics, ECSC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  • G. Ramakrishna

     Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Osmania University