Pdf this study investigates the underlying problems causing food insecurity in ethiopia and tests, policy options that could alleviate the problem in. Impact of agricultural interventions on food and nutrition. The latest definition that refined the one adopted in the 1996 world food summit states that bdfoo. The 2016dfsas aim to enhance resilience to shocks and livelihoods, and improve food security and nutrition for rural households vulnerable to food insecurity.
As per the 2020 humanitarian development plan hrp, an estimated 8 million people require food assistance. Building on the framework, partners will develop practical steps to align their. Ethiopian policy landscape supporting food and nutrition fnp iycf guidelines micronutrient guidelines agpii hstp psnp nsa strategy post harvest management strategy nnp school health and nutrition strategy fortification strategy food security strategy seqota declaration social protection policy gtp. Relations with ethiopia united states department of. Additional contributing authors from the ethiopia food systems for healthier diets working group. Ethiopian people from domestic problems and which inflamed the hostile relationship between the two countries. Ethiopia has made important development gains over the past two decades, reducing poverty and expanding investments in basic social services. The proportion of food poor people food poverty head count index in the country is estimated to be 33.
Abstract this paper assesses the impact of ethiopia s flagship social protection program, the productive safety net program on the adverse impacts of the covid19 pandemic on the food and nutrition security of households, mothers, and children. Some concepts and measurements of food in security food security is a complex concept and its definition continues to evolve. Measuring diet quantity and quality dimensions of food security in. Ethiopia has relative political stability in horn of africa, however several areas are insecure. Assessment and challenges dessalegn rahmato 109 from disaster response to predictable food security interventions. Review of literature on ethiopian food security strategy. Fmhaca and these ministries enforce the national standards that correspond to their respective jurisdictions.
According to unchr, the total number of registered refugees and asylum seekers in ethiopia was 905,831 in may 2019 46. Food security is defined, according to the world food summit of 1996, as existing when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. Food security and nutrition the ethiopian case for. Therefore, this indicates that policies, rules, and regulations made by the ruling party play a great role in bringing food security. Food security, food insecurity, gojjam, amhara, ethiopia background food insecurity is a state or a condition in which people experience limited or uncertain physical and economic access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs or food preferences for a productive, healthy and active life 14. Pif preparation was guided by existing policies and strategies of the government of ethiopia. Dec 19, 2017 new coalition for food security was established in 2003 with the aim of supporting chronically food insecure households to reach a level of food security necessary to survive and thrive. Women and girls suffer the most from food insecurity in ethiopia. Impact of agricultural interventions on food and nutrition security in ethiopia. Good governance, at all levels, is central to growth, poverty alleviation, and food security monsod, 2002.
Kaleab baye,1,2 mequanint biset melesse,3 namukolo covic,4 fekadu habtamu,5 alem hadera abay,6. Enhancing the contribution of maize to food security in. The government of ethiopia s productive safety net program psnp is one of the largest safety net programs in the world. Review of literature on ethiopian food security strategy and. Ethiopia ipc acute food insecurity analysis july 2020. Drr integrated in the countrys school curriculum into the subjects of grade 58. Food security analysis for rural population dependent on belg pastoral and agro pastoral areas conducted in seven regions of ethiopia indicates that, despite ongoing humanitarian food assistance. Ethiopia ipc acute food insecurity analysis july 2020 june. In 2004, the government of ethiopia designed and implemented new collusion program of food security program fsp and expanded its endeavor to fight against food insecurity, malnutrition, and hunger by allocating more resources 16. Cci is an intervention which is designed to create. Urban drm existing risk analysis tools such as wereda disaster risk profile are being adopted to urban areas for. Uncovering pathways linking agriculture to improved nutrition. State of food security in ethiopia approximately 20.
The food security learning framework serves a highly important strategic function. Ethiopian development research institute edri, ethiopia. Global food security strategy gfss ethiopia country plan. This section provides a brief overview of the current food security and nutrition context in which usg investments are being made. Proceedings of the second national maize workshop of ethiopia, 1216 november 2001, addis ababa, ethiopia. Despite rapid population growth, ethiopia s poverty rate fell from 56 percent in 2000 to close to 30 percent. Country food security and nutrition associated features. The psnp is a major component of the government of ethiopia s food security program and plays a critical role in building the resilience capacity of chronically food insecure communities to drought and other shocks. Determinants of household food security in rural ethiopia. Food safety is the assurance that food will not cause any harm to the. In southern pastoral areas, while water and pasture conditions are generally good, household herds are still recovering from previous years droughts. Kaleab baye,1,2 mequanint biset melesse,3 namukolo.
It outlines a set of priority themes and questions for which partners agree to focus and align resources. Background the ethiopian human and physical landscape can perhaps best be characterized as widely diverse with cultural and geographic variability preventing researchers from making. There is an immediate need for better planning and targeting of food aid and a national food security monitoring system. Cdrm is established capacity building beyond ethiopia. In this regard, ethiopia s security policy and strategy posits that. Food security policy contextthe government of ethiopia made significant changes to its existing food security program, scaling up its level of intervention toward food security problems. Development usaid office of food for peace ffp awarded funding for four multiyear development food security activities dfsas in ethiopia. This figure includes internally displaced persons idps, who have had to. The regional food security programs and projects were subsequently designed on the basis of that strategy. Ethiopia food and agricultural import regulations and. Jan 31, 2014 ethiopia is one of many african countries deeply affected by food insecurityestimates of the portion of ethiopia s population without secure access to food exceeds 3 million in some seasons. Food security situation in ethiopia deteriorated by intraandinterstate military conflict and war, different studies indicated that ethioeritrea war and recurrent drought eroded the country resources which become the main causes of food security problems during 19992000, pastoralist community in the country come into the conflict due to the control over the pasture and water resources. The development objective was to sustainably increase rural incomes and national food security.
This document updates the original 1996 fss by sharpening the strategic. Causes of food and nutrition security in ethiopiain ethiopia, there are innumerable challenges of food and nutrition insecurity among the poor households. The impact of inflation has been one key element that has resulted in increased food insecurity in urban areas of ethiopia. Efforts for drr integration in lower grades 1 to 4 is also underway. Food security and food insecurity situations of ethiopia the concept of food security has been defined on numerous occasions by the international community, and it has evolved considerably over time. This paper examined the determinants of food security among rural households in ethiopia using data from the latest round of ethiopian rural household survey. Ethiopia s food security strategy fss, issued in november 1996, highlighted government plans to address causality and effect of food insecurity in ethiopia. Staple food prices, particularly for maize, sorghum and. Ethiopian agriculture is dominated by peasant farmers and 85 per cent of the population is rural. Remittance, coping strategy, food insecurity access scale, psm, ethiopia. To strengthen food and seed security over the longer term, efforts might need to focus on broad strategies for crop diversification. The goal of pif was to contribute to ethiopia s achievement of middleincome status by 2025. Household food insecurity in the sidama zone of southern ethiopia.
Jangerrit van uffelen 143 implementing large scale food security programs in rural ethiopia. Food insecurity and malnutrition present key policy challenges in ethiopia. Coffee income, food security and diet diversity of smallholder coffee growers in ethiopia. Improvements in food security and the eradication of famine will require investment in sustainable projects. We show in this paper that much of the increase in production in the past decade. This study, motivated by the related literature, contributes to filling the gap in the literature by testing the hypothesis that aspirations are correlated with household food security in rural ethiopia. Rural poverty and, hence, food insecurity is intricately related to. Although a large body of studies on agriculture and food security were conducted in ethiopia following the 1984. Pdf analysis of rural households food security in western. Level and determinants of food insecurity in east and west.
Sep 09, 2020 food security analysis for rural population dependent on belg pastoral and agro pastoral areas conducted in seven regions of ethiopia indicates that, despite ongoing humanitarian food assistance. In contrast age of household head and dependency ratio has negatively and significantly affected household food security. On average, maleheaded households were more food secure than female headed. Feb 12, 2019 import and export of animal and animal genetic material. Nov 05, 2014 food security is highly sensitive to climate risks in ethiopia. Coffee income, food security and diet diversity of. Ethiopias agriculture sector policy and investment framework. Ethiopian agricultural research organization earo and international maize and.
March, 2002 addis ababa, ethiopia food and agriculture. Ethiopia food security outlook october 2018 to may 2019. Ha cultivated food crop area 12 million hectares rural farm family house hold 14. In order to fulfill these goals in ethiopia, in 2007 the united nations development programme undp developed the food security and recovery project, which is intended to run from january 2007 to december 2011 and to contribute to the achievement of food security in the country including disaster risk management and early recovery capacities. This commonly refers to people having physical and economic access to food that meets both their nutritional needs and food preferences. Rural household food security status and its determinants. According to unchr, the total number of registered refugees and asylum seekers in ethiopia was 905,831 in may 2019. Food security status of sampled households in this study, the households food security status was measured by direct survey of total wealth. The consensus that has emerged from the global debate is that. Causes and coping mechanisms of food insecurity in rural ethiopia. Participation in the psnp offsets virtually all of this adverse change. In 2003, the government launched a large scale consultation process called the new coalition for food security ncfs by incorporating with a large productive. Determinants of food insecurity in the rural farm households in south.
International food policy research institute, addis ababa, ethiopia. Ethiopia s crop agriculture in general, and the cereals subsector in particular, face serious challenges. According to these studies, ownership of livestock, farmland size, family labor, farm implements, employment opportunities, market access, levels of technology application, and levels of education, health, weather conditions, crop. Today, ethiopia faces high levels of food insecurity, ranking as one of the hungriest countries in the world, with an estimated 5. Food security alula pankhurst, mengistu dessalegn, valerie mueller and maji hailemariam 219 part ii local perspectives. Some concepts and measurements of food in security. Hence, this study was conducted to determine the status of food security in the study area, to identify the major determinants of food security among the rural household, and to identify coping strategies employed by different food security status groups to cope with food insecurity. Empirical evidences on food security in ethiopia indicate the. Ethiopia food security outlook june 2019 to january 2020 famine early warning systems network 4. Household income diversification and food security mdpi. Ethiopia has made significant progress on food security and nutrition although challenges remain. Recent study of food security in southwest ethiopia shows that girls who are food insecure are twice as likely to report suffering from an illness compared to boys tefera, et al. Urban and rural case studies food security and household vulnerability in addis ababa bamlaku alamirew and solomon tsehay 273 the impact of the psnp on food security in selected kebeles of enebse. Food security refers to access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life world bank 1986.
Food security programfsp fsp is a special arrangement, which focuses on addressing vulnerability, which exists in different parts of the country. Qtl mapping for field resistance to wheat blast in the. Ethiopia food security outlook june 2019 to january 2020. The impact of remittances on household food security. Historical and more recent climaterelated events such as the 20082009 and 2011 food security crises in the horn of africa have highlighted the impact of droughts and floods on food production, access to markets, and income from agricultural activities. Food security, food insecurity, gojjam, amhara, ethiopia background food insecurity is a state or a condition in which people experience limited or uncertain physical and economic access to safe, sufficient and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs or food preferences for a. Ethiopia, for its part, rather than responding to the threat by respecting the right of ethiopian somalis and by. Food security, in ethiopian context, is an entitlement or access to balanced food basket of 550 to 800 kg wheat equivalent per capita per year, or 2,200 to 2500 kcal per day or cash equivalent of that fdre, 1996. Enhancing the contribution of maize to food security in ethiopia. Ethiopia food security outlook october 2018 to may 2019 famine early warning systems network 3. Agreeing with preceding study, the causes of the existing food insecurity problem in ethiopia are numerous and interrelated ata, 2010. Pdf food insecurity in ethiopia feyera bekele academia. Ethiopias agriculture sector policy and investment.
Pdf on jan 1, 2019, seid sani and others published analysis of rural households food security in western ethiopia find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Ethiopias food security outlook and effects of covid19. Wheat blast wb is an emerging and devastating disease of wheat, caused by the fungus magnaporthe oryzae pathotype triticum mot, leading to yield losses of up to 100% and grain quality deterioration, greatly threatening food security in the epidemic regions kohli et al. Disaster risk management and food security sector drmfss. The study concluded that smallscale irrigation is one of the viable solutions to secure household food needs and diversify their diet composition in the study area.
However, food insecurity and undernutrition still hinder economic growth. Ethiopian agricultural research organization earo and international maize and wheat improvement center cimmyt. Introduction safety is defined as the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury or loss websters ninth new collegiate dictionary, 1990. Food security is a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their. International food policy research institute ifpri ethiopia strategy support program essp. Records shows that before the past 2 3 decades in a worst years millions of people in.
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