9
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Geography

Food security situation of rain-fed subsistence farming in the Hamassa watershed agroecologies, Ethiopia

, , &
Article: 2376849 | Received 05 Dec 2023, Accepted 28 Jun 2024, Published online: 13 Jul 2024

References

  • Abdulla, A. M. (2015). Determinants of household food security and coping strategies: The case of Bule-Hora District, Borana Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. European Journal of Food Science and Technology, 3, 1–20.
  • Abebe, W. (2021). Food insecurity in the horn of Africa and its impact on peace in the region. IPSS Policy Brief, 15, 1–8.
  • Abo, T., & Kuma, B. (2015). Determinants of food security status of female-headed households: the case of Wolaita Sodo town, South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia. International Journal of Scientific Footprints, 3, 8–24.
  • Abo, T., & Tegegn Hailu, S. (2017). Climate Change Mitigation in Ethiopia: To What Extent Do Carbon Sequestration Projects Put Impact on Smallholder Farm Households’ Income? Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 7, 1–9.
  • Adane, D. M., Atnafe, A. D., & Ahmed, H. M. (2015). The status of food availability in the face of climate change and variability in Choke Mountain Watersheds, Central Ethiopia. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 7(10), 358–372. https://doi.org/10.5897/JDAE2015.0672
  • Alemu, Z. A., Ahmed, A. A., Yalew, A. W., & Simanie, B. (2017). Spatial variations of household food insecurity in East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: Implications for agroecosystem-based interventions. Agriculture & Food Security, 6(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-017-0113-9
  • Al, W., Orking, G., & Clima, O. (2008). Climate change and food security: A framework document (p. 3). FAO Rome.
  • Amare, A., & Simane, B. (2017). Assessment of household food security in the face of climate change and variability in the upper blue-Nile of Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Science, 7, 285–300.
  • Amenu, B. T., & Mamo, G. S. (2021). Impacts of population pressure on agricultural production and farming practices of households: The case of Essera Woreda in Dawro Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia. Earth Sciences, 10(6), 298–314. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.earth.20211006.16
  • Annapoorani, R., & Lakshmi, S. S. (2017). An Analytical Study of State Wise Variations in Food Security in India. International Journal of Research in Agricultural Sciences, 4, 2348–3997.
  • Astatike, A. A., & Gazuma, E. G. (2019). The impact of off-farm activities on rural household income in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Journal of World Economic Research, 8(1), 8–16. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jwer.20190801.12
  • Atoloye, A. T., Ogunba, B. O., & Samuel, F. (2015). Spatial pattern of household food insecurity and childhood malnutrition in Akinyele local government area, Nigeria. International Journal of Health Sciences, 3, 235–250. https://doi.org/10.15640/ijhs.v3n1a15
  • Ayele, A. W. (2020). Determinant factors of food security among households in Northern Ethiopia: An application of binary logistic regression model. Journal of Global Economics, 8, 4–10.
  • Balta, A. (2016). Determinants of Rural Household Food Security in Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia. Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, 29, 1–9.
  • Beyene, F. (2015). Determinants of food security under changing land-use systems among pastoral and agro-pastoral households in eastern Ethiopia. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 17(5), 1163–1182. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-014-9596-8
  • Bojago, E. (2021). Opportunities and challenges of rehabilitation of degraded land in the case of Offa Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. Texas Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, 1, 43–56.
  • Brandt, S. A., Fisher, E. C., Hildebrand, E. A., Vogelsang, R., Ambrose, S. H., Lesur, J., & Wang, H. (2012). Early MIS 3 occupation of Mochena Borago Rockshelter, Southwest Ethiopian Highlands: implications for Late Pleistocene archaeology, paleoenvironments and modern human dispersals. Quaternary International, 274, 38–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.03.047
  • Cai, J., Ma, E., Lin, J., Liao, L., & Han, Y. (2020). Exploring global food security pattern from the perspective of spatio-temporal evolution. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 30(2), 179–196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-020-1722-y
  • Chartres, C. J., & Andrew, N. (2015). Sustainable intensification: Overcoming land and water coonstraints on food production. Food Security, 7(2), 235–245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-015-0425-1
  • Clay, E. (2002). Food security: Concepts and measurement. Trade Reforms and Food Security: Conceptualising the Linkages, 2002, 25–34.
  • Cochran, W. G. (1977). Sampling technique, 1977 (Vol. 4, pp. 1–442). John Wiley&Sons.
  • Craven, L. K., & Gartaula, H. N., and (2015). Conceptualising the migration-food security nexus: lesson from Nepal and Vanuatu. Australian Geographer, 46(4), 455–471. https://doi.org/10.1080/00049182.2015.1058797
  • Dana, D., Andre, H., & Lika, T. (2020). Rapid rural population growth and its determinant factors in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia. Journal of Science and Inclusive Development, 2, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.20372/jsid/2020-46
  • Debebe, S., & Zekarias, E. H. (2020). Analysis of poverty, income inequality and their effects on food insecurity in southern Ethiopia. Agriculture & Food Security, 9(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-020-00269-3
  • Dzanja, J., Christie, M., Fazey, I., & Hyde, T. (2015). The role of social capital in rural household food security: The case study of Dowa and Lilongwe Districts in Central Malawi. Journal of Agricultural Science, 7(12), 165–176. https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v7n12p165
  • El-Bilali, H., Bassole, I. H. N., Dambo, L., & Berjan, S. (2020). Climate change and food security. Agriculture & Forestry, 66, 197–210. https://doi.org/10.17707/AgricultForest.66.3.16
  • Eldridge, E., Rancourt, M.-E., Langley, A., & Héroux, D. (2022). Expanding perspectives on the poverty trap for smallholder farmers in Tanzania: The role of rural input supply chains. Sustainability, 14(9), 4971. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094971
  • Esayas, B., Simane, B., Teferi, E., Ongoma, V., & Tefera, N. (2019). Climate variability and farmers’ perception in Southern Ethiopia. Advances in Meteorology, 2019, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7341465
  • Falcon, W. P., & Naylor, R. L. (2005). Rethinking food security for the twenty-first century. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(5), 1113–1127. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00797.x
  • Fekede, G., Lemma, Z., & Jemal, Y. (2016). Determinants of farm household food security in Hawi Gudina district, West Hararghe zone, Oromia Regional National State, Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, 8(2), 12–18. https://doi.org/10.5897/JAERD2014.0660
  • Foster, J., Greer, J., & Thorbecke, E. (1984). A class of decomposable poverty measures. Econometrica, 52(3), 761–766. https://doi.org/10.2307/1913475
  • Gallardo-López, F., Hernández-Chontal, M. A., Cisneros-Saguilán, P., & Linares-Gabriel, A. (2018). Development of the concept of agroecology in Europe: A review. Sustainability, 10(4), 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10041210
  • Galor, O., & Weil, D. N. (2000). Population, technology, and growth: From Malthusian stagnation to the demographic transition and beyond. American Economic Review, 90(4), 806–828. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.90.4.806
  • Gazuma, E. G., & Astatike, A. A. (2019). Socioeconomic determinants of food insecurity among rural households in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Economics, 8(2), 55–61. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.eco.20190802.13
  • Giller, K. E., Delaune, T., Silva, J. V., van Wijk, M., Hammond, J., Descheemaeker, K., van de Ven, G., Schut, A. G. T., Taulya, G., Chikowo, R., & Andersson, J. A. (2021). Small farms and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Farming for food, for income or for lack of better options? Food Security, 13(6), 1431–1454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01209-0
  • Gunes, E., & Guldal, H. T. (2019). Determination of economic efficiency of agricultural enterprises in Turkey: A DEA approach. New Medit, 18(4), 105–115. https://doi.org/10.30682/nm1904h
  • Guyu, F. D., & Muluneh, W. (2016). Determinants of seasonal food insecurity in the green famine belt of Ethiopia: The case of households in Belo-jiganfoy district, Benishangul-gumuz region. African Journal of Food Science, 10(11), 278–291. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJFS2016.1434
  • Hameed, A., & Salam, A. (2020). Estimating the socio-economic factors of food insecurity in Pakistan: a regional level analysis. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 14, 81–94.
  • Hana, M. E., & Dereje, H. B. (2016). Analysis of Household Food Insecurity and its Covariates in Girar Jarso Woreda, Oromia Reginal Stata, Ethiopia. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 7, 16–30.
  • Harasty, C., & Ostermeier, M. (2020). Population ageing: Alternative measures of dependency and implications for the future of work (pp. 1–50). Geneva: ILO, Working paper 5.
  • Hurni, H. (1998). Agroecological belts of Ethiopia. Wittwer Druck AG, Bern, Switzerland, 1, 1–43.
  • Hurni, H., Abate, S., Bantider, A., Debele, B., Ludi, E., Portner, B., Yitaferu, B., & Zeleke, G. (2010). Land degradation and sustainable land management in the highlands of Ethiopia. North -Soutj Perspectives Global Change and Sustainable Development, 2010, 187–207.
  • Jambo, Y., Alemu, A., & Tasew, W. (2021). Impact of small-scale irrigation on household food security: evidence from Ethiopia. Agriculture & Food Security, 10(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-021-00294-w
  • Jones, A. D., Ngure, F. M., Pelto, G., & Young, S. L. (2013). What are we assessing when we measure food security? A compendium and review of current metrics. Advances in Nutrition (Bethesda, MD), 4(5), 481–505. https://doi.org/10.3945/an.113.004119
  • Kehinde, A. D., Adeyemo, R., & Ogundeji, A. A. (2021). Does social capital improve farm productivity and food security? Evidence from cocoa-based farming households in Southwestern Nigeria. Heliyon, 7(3), e06592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06592
  • Kerr, R. B., Madsen, S., Stüber, M., Liebert, J., Enloe, S., Borghino, N., Parros, P., Mutyambai, D. M., Prudhon, M., & Wezel, A. (2021). Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review. Global Food Security, 29, 100540. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100540
  • Kini, J. (2022). Multidimensional food security index: A comprehensive approach. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 40, 317–331. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajaees/2022/v40i121798
  • Kogan, F., Guo, W., & Yang, W. (2019). Drought and food security prediction from NOAA new generation of operational satellites. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 10(1), 651–666. https://doi.org/10.1080/19475705.2018.1541257
  • Leza, T., & Kuma, B. (2015). Determinants of rural farm household food security in Boloso Sore District of Wolaita Zone in Ethiopia. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 5(2), 57–68. https://doi.org/10.9734/AJAEES/2015/14833
  • Linderhof, V., De Lange, T., & Reinhard, S. (2021). The dilemmas of water quality and food security interactions in low-and middle-income countries. Frontiers in Water, 3, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2021.736760
  • Madara, A. (2012). Effects of soil and water conservation practices on food security of small scale households: A case study of Machakos County, Kenya. University of Nairobi.
  • Madsen, S., Bezner Kerr, R., LaDue, N., Luginaah, I., Dzanja, C., Dakishoni, L., Lupafya, E., Shumba, L., & Hickey, C. (2021). Explaining the impact of agroecology on farm-level transitions to food security in Malawi. Food Security, 13(4), 933–954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01165-9
  • Mebrie, T., & Ashagrie, E. (2023). Rural household food security status and its determinants in Libokemkem woreda of the Amhara region, North Western Ethiopia. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 31(2), 252–275. https://doi.org/10.1332/175982721X16760300561102
  • Mekonnen, A., Tessema, A., Ganewo, Z., & Haile, A. (2021). Climate change impacts on household food security and farmers adaptation strategies. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 6, 100197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2021.100197
  • Melese, M., Tilahun, M., & Alemu, M. (2021). Household food insecurity and coping strategies in Southern Ethiopia. Agriculture & Food Security, 10(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-021-00296-8
  • Mengistu, S. W., & Kassie, A. W. (2022). Household level determinants of food insecurity in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Food Quality, 2022, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/3569950
  • Mota, A. A., Lachore, S. T., & Handiso, Y. H. (2019). Assessment of food insecurity and its determinants in the rural households in Damot Gale Woreda, Wolaita zone, Southern Ethiopia. Agriculture & Food Security, 8(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40066-019-0254-0
  • Muleta, S. G. (2022). (Un) sustainability of rural household food security in Kurfa Chele Woreda: East Hararghe Zone, Ethiopia (pp. 1–283) [Unpublishe PhD thesis]. UNISA.
  • Mulugeta, M. (2010). Food security attainment role of urban agriculture: A case study from Adama City. Ethiopian Journal of Business and Economics (The), 1, 68–106.
  • Niles, M. T., Rudnick, J., Lubell, M., & Cramer, L. (2021). Household and community social capital links to smallholder food security. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.583353
  • Nosratabadi, S., Khazami, N., Abdallah, M. B., Lackner, Z., Band, S. S., Mosavi, A., & Mako, C. (2020). Social capital contributions to food security: A comprehensive literature review. Foods, 9(11), 1650. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9111650
  • Ogunniyi, A., Omonona, B., Abioye, O., & Olagunju, K. (2018). Impact of irrigation technology use on crop yield, crop income and household food security in Nigeria: A treatment effect approach. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 3(2), 154–171. https://doi.org/10.3934/agrfood.2018.2.154
  • Omari, R., Quorantsen, K. E., & Omari, P. K. (2017). Nutrition knowledge and food consumption practices and barriers in rural Ghana: The case of foods for preventing vitamin a and iron deficiencies. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 17(01), 11639–11656. https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.77.15815
  • Pérez-Escamilla, R. (2017). Food security and the 2015–2030 sustainable development goals: From human to planetary health. Current Developments in Nutrition, 1(7), e000513. https://doi.org/10.3945/cdn.117.000513
  • Phan, N. T., Lee, J. Y., & Kien, N. D. (2022). The impact of land fragmentation in rice production on household food insecurity in Vietnam. Sustainability, 14(18), 11162. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811162
  • Rahmato, D. (2007). Development interventions in Wollaita, 1960s–2000s: A critical review. Forum for Social Studies FSS, 2007, 1–42.
  • Ranganathan, P., Pramesh, C. S., & Aggarwal, R. (2017). Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: logistic regression. Perspectives in Clinical Research, 8(3), 148–151. https://doi.org/10.4103/picr.PICR_87_17
  • Rasul, G., & Sharma, B., and (2016). The nexus approach to water-enery-foodsecurity: An option to adaptation to climate change. Climate Policy, 16(6), 682–702. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2015.1029865
  • Regasa, M. T. B. G. G. (2015). Analysis of credit service utilization by rural households: The case of Humbo Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of African and Asian Studies, 13, 127–133.
  • Russell, C., & Russell, W. M. S. (2000). Population crises and population cycles. Medicine, Conflict, and Survival, 16(4), 383–410. https://doi.org/10.1080/13623690008409538
  • Sani, S., & Kemaw, B. (2019). Analysis of rural households food security in Western Ethiopia. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 10(03), 249–265. https://doi.org/10.4236/fns.2019.103019
  • Sodjinou, E., Glin, L. C., Nicolay, G., Tovignan, S., & Hinvi, J. (2015). Socioeconomic determinants of organic cotton adoption in Benin, West Africa. Agricultural and Food Economics, 3(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-015-0030-9
  • Solomon, T., Derero, A., & Lemenih, M. (2022). Woody species regeneration through exclosure and perception of local community on mountain Damota, Wolaita, Ethiopia. Trees, Forests and People, 8, 100234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2022.100234
  • Tofu, D. A., & Wolka, K. (2023). Transforming food insecure farmers from climate variability and land degradation susceptibility to resilient livelihoods. Research in Globalization, 7, 100168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2023.100168
  • Tolossa, D. (2005). Combining household qualitative data and quantitative data in food security research. NTNU, 5, 1–15.
  • Toma, T. M., Andargie, K. T., Alula, R. A., Kebede, B. M., & Gujo, M. M. (2023). Household food insecurity and associated factors in South Ari district, Southern Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study. PLoS One, 18(4), e0284252. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284252
  • UNICEF. (2021). The state of food security and nutrition in the world 2021. FAO. http://www.fao.org/3/cb4474en/cb4474en.pdf.
  • Wineman, A. (2016). Multidimensional household food security measurement in rural Zambia. Agrekon, 55(3), 278–301. https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2016.1211019
  • Woldemichael, M. (2019). Coping strategies of food insecure households: The case of Offa District, Wolaita Zone, South Nations nationalities and peoples region. Development Country Studies, 9, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.7176/DCS/9-8-03
  • Yesuph, D. S., Bedeke, S. B., & Didana, H. L. (2023). Assessing climate change-induced poverty of mixed crop-livestock smallholders in Wolaita zone. Research in Globalization, 7, 100158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2023.100158
  • Zeray, D. D., & Dawit, D. (2017). Determinants of rural household food security in Wolaita Zone: the case of Humbo Woreda. Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, 32, 2422–2846.
  • Zeray, N., & Demie, A. (2016). Climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation strategy in Ethiopia: A review. Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 5, 45–56.