Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2013
This paper reviews the determinants of rural household food security in Africa and Asia where mor... more This paper reviews the determinants of rural household food security in Africa and Asia where more than 88% of the world's undernourished people live. A conceptual model is proposed on the basis of the three widely known components of food security: food availability, accessibility and utilisation. This model is used to select a total of 40 peer-reviewed studies carried out over the last decade (20 each from Africa and Asia). A meta-analysis technique is then used to identify which determinants of food security have been highlighted and how well the causality is demonstrated. Food availability is the most studied component in both regions, followed by food accessibility, while food utilisation is the most neglected component in these studies.
Journal of economics and sustainable development, 2015
Agriculture is the leading sector of Ethiopian economy as well the overall economic growth of the... more Agriculture is the leading sector of Ethiopian economy as well the overall economic growth of the country largely depends on the agricultural sector. However, Ethiopian agriculture remains characterized by small-scale subsistence production systems where crop and livestock yields are very low. In Ethiopia, an estimated 3 million of the country’s people is food insecure and malnourished. Therefore, there is a call for different interventions, irrigation being one of the options, which could help in adapting strategies to cope up with the challenging drought. The country's irrigation potential is estimated at 3.7 million hectare, of which only about recent estimates indicate that the total irrigated area under small-scale irrigation reached to 853,000 ha during the last implementation period of PASDEP(Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty) – 2009/10. The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of small-scale irrigation on household food security based o...
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2013
This paper reviews the determinants of rural household food security in Africa and Asia where mor... more This paper reviews the determinants of rural household food security in Africa and Asia where more than 88% of the world's undernourished people live. A conceptual model is proposed on the basis of the three widely known components of food security: food availability, accessibility and utilisation. This model is used to select a total of 40 peer-reviewed studies carried out over the last decade (20 each from Africa and Asia). A meta-analysis technique is then used to identify which determinants of food security have been highlighted and how well the causality is demonstrated. Food availability is the most studied component in both regions, followed by food accessibility, while food utilisation is the most neglected component in these studies.
Journal of economics and sustainable development, 2015
Agriculture is the leading sector of Ethiopian economy as well the overall economic growth of the... more Agriculture is the leading sector of Ethiopian economy as well the overall economic growth of the country largely depends on the agricultural sector. However, Ethiopian agriculture remains characterized by small-scale subsistence production systems where crop and livestock yields are very low. In Ethiopia, an estimated 3 million of the country’s people is food insecure and malnourished. Therefore, there is a call for different interventions, irrigation being one of the options, which could help in adapting strategies to cope up with the challenging drought. The country's irrigation potential is estimated at 3.7 million hectare, of which only about recent estimates indicate that the total irrigated area under small-scale irrigation reached to 853,000 ha during the last implementation period of PASDEP(Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty) – 2009/10. The aim of this paper is to identify the impact of small-scale irrigation on household food security based o...
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