scholarly journals Forest Management Cost at Household Level in the Bale Mountains Eco-Region Redd+Project, Southern Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Household Level

scholarly journals Assessing the Benefits, Causes and Effects of Female Migration from Silte Zone of Southern Ethiopia to the Middle East and Gulf States

2020 ◽  
Vol 03 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eshettu Tesfaye Retta ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Poverty Line ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Gulf States

A significant trend in the contemporary period is the increased number of women migrants due to the changing labour demands caused by globalization. Over the past century, women’s employment has shifted from the industrial to the service sector and also to the informal economy. The development of the informal economy has allowed women to be active participants in this sector and also to migrate from developing countries to developed countries with better economies. This migration and foreign employment has the potential to bring positive benefits for these women; but simultaneously, there is also a great risk of exploitation and abuse associated with such migration. Despite its considerable economic growth in the last decade, unemployment especially youth unemployment is still high in Ethiopia. And much household level with hardships due to income that is below the poverty line and due to the number of people depends on agriculture which endures increasing spells droughts. Given the ecological and demographic pressures on the land and the lack of local employment opportunities, many families pressure their children to migrate, while many young people want to go abroad in search of better employment options and a possible better future. Qualitative research methodology was applied to describe the issue under consideration. This paper attempts to assess and critically examine the possible benefits, causes and potential human right violations faced by Ethiopian female domestic workers by taking Silte Zone of southern Ethiopia as an example that are migrating to the Middle East and Gulf States.

scholarly journals Household food insecurity and coping strategies in Southern Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mesfin Melese ◽  
Minyahel Tilahun ◽  
Mebratu Alemu
Keyword(s):  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Food Shortage ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Household Food Insecurity ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Household Food ◽  
And Coping

Abstract Background Hunger and undernourishment are the main challenges of today’s world and 960 million people are hungry and undernourished. Food insecurity is an enduring, critical challenge in Ethiopia. Majority of the previous studies overlooked relevant determinant factors which affect the occurrence of food insecurity. This study aims to investigate household level food insecurity determinate factors and coping strategies used in the study area. Method Explanatory and descriptive research was designed to assess household food insecurity and coping strategies in Analemmo district of southern Ethiopia. A multi-stage purposive sampling technique was used for the purpose of this study. Two hundred households were selected systematically following list of food insecure households. Econometric models were employed using binary logit model. Household calorie acquisition was calculated to categorize households into food secure and food insecurely status. Results The survey result showed that 64% of the respondents were food insecure. Variables such as agro-ecology, age and education status, number of oxen, soil and water conservation, amount of credit, cultivated land size and receiving remittance were negatively but significantly (P < 0.05) affected households' food insecurity level. Female and young groups of the community were more food insecure as compared to others groups. The community was coping food shortage by relying on less preferred and less expensive food followed by participating in off-farm activities and borrowing food. Housesholds in the study area were utilizing less preferred foods to cope up food shortage and starvation. Conclusion Efforts of different developmental organizations should give due emphasis to household's wealth level, female-headed household and young and old-aged members of the community. Crop land production supported by modern agricultural technologies and information can reduce agricultural risks, and enhance productivity per unit land.

Determinants of food security in Southern Ethiopia at the household level

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiferaw T. Feleke ◽  
Richard L. Kilmer ◽  
Christina H. Gladwin
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Household Level

CONTEXTUAL RISK FACTORS FOR MATERNAL MALNUTRITION IN A FOOD-INSECURE ZONE IN SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 537-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
NIGATU REGASSA ◽  
BARBARA J. STOECKER
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Administrative District ◽  
Maternal Malnutrition ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Contextual Risk ◽  
Contextual Risk Factors

SummaryThis study examined the nutritional status of mothers in one of the most populous food-insecure zones in southern Ethiopia, the Sidama zone. The study used primary data collected from 1094 households with a child under 24 months located in ten kebeles (the smallest administrative district). Households were selected using multi-stage probability sampling techniques. The mothers' nutritional status was estimated using both body mass index (BMI) and mid-upper-arm circumference (MUAC). The results from the BMI analysis revealed that 28.1% of the women were malnourished (BMI <18.5) and 67.5% were normal (BMI 18.5 to <25.0), while the remaining small proportion (4.5%) fell in the overweight or obese categories. Similarly, the computation of maternal nutritional status by MUAC analysis showed that 31.4% of the women were malnourished (MUAC <22). Further analysis of the main predictors of maternal malnutrition using logistic regression showed that three individual-level variables and three household-level variables predicted maternal malnutrition: woman's age, duration of breast-feeding, literacy status, marital form, land size and intra-household food distribution. The study concludes that maternal malnutrition is a serious problem in the study area and that there are contextual risk factors that could be addressed to partially tackle the problem.

scholarly journals Assessment of Range Land Degradation, Major Causes, Impacts, and Alternative Rehabilitation Techniques in Yabello Rangelands Southern Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeneayehu Fenetahun ◽  
Xinwen Xu ◽  
Yongdong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Population Pressure ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Bush Encroachment ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Rangeland Degradation ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Fauna Composition ◽  
Soil Status

Background: Rangeland degradation means that a reduction both in rank and status of general floral/ fauna composition, energy flow and biomass of a certain ecosystem. Objective: The review was conducted to assess rangeland degradation, cause and its impact on local livelihood in Yabello district and also suggests appropriate methods used to rehabilitate it. &nbsp;Methods: The data and literatures were collected from different both domestic and abroad researcher research result reviewed and internet sources. The research paper review mainly addresses concepts of rangeland degradation, major causes in tropics and Ethiopia particularly in Yabello rangelands, impacts of rangeland degradation, principles of rangeland restoration and common restoration techniques.Result: &nbsp;Based on those research papers and the current fact situations the major drivers leading to rangeland degradation includes climate change, overgrazing, bush encroachment, &nbsp;both human and livestock population pressure, drought, and government policy . Of all bush encroachment is becoming the major threat to Yabello rangelands. And this led to decline in rangeland condition, water potential, soil status, and animal performance, livestock holding at the household level and community become destitute and in the long run poverty. In spite of these impacts, the action of restoration techniques in the area is highly insufficient.&nbsp; Conclusion: Generally in order to address rangeland degradation problems, there is a strong need to coordination between the local community and the scientific community for sustainable land management trough post management techniques by applying reseeding technology.

Effect of index-based livestock insurance on loan uptake

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tnsue Gebrekidan ◽  
Lyu Kaiyu
Keyword(s):  
Fixed Effect Model ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Welfare Benefit ◽  
Loan Default ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Weather Shocks ◽  
Dummy Variable ◽  
Effect Model ◽  
Pastoral Households

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to weigh up the effect of index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) on loan take up behavior of the pastoral households in the Borena zone of Southern Ethiopia. Although the insurance was introduced over the last decade and it appears to have promising welfare benefit, there is a lack of pragmatic evidence on its effect in leveraging the household’s future wealth for the hope of better productivity in the present. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze household-level unique panel data collected in three rounds using descriptive statistics and the fixed effect model estimated by least squares dummy variable analysis. Findings The authors found that the IBLI appears to have a positive and significant effect on the loan uptake behavior of the herding households. Social implications This increased likelihood of loan uptake suggests that the insurance can reduce the cognitive cost of loan default that would occur due to weather shocks and build-up of the household’s confidence to uptake loan. Consequently, this likelihood can promote the creditworthiness of the insured and reduce his/her fear and worry regarding the possibility of loan delinquency. Originality/value The paper is, except where otherwise stated, entirely new work.

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