THE FOOD SECURITY PROBLEM IN ETHIOPIA – A SUPPLY SIDE ANALYSIS

Tennassie Nichola

South African Journal of Economics, 2006, vol. 74, issue 2, 315-322

Abstract: Since 1961 Ethiopia has been ruled by a Monarchy, a Marxist military dictatorship, and presently by a coalition of political parties that came to power in 1991after a protracted civil war. These three governments have pursued different ideologies in formulating policies to guide agricultural development. However, to date Ethiopia remains food insecure. Ethiopian agriculture is dominated by peasant farmers and 85 per cent of the population is rural. Rural poverty and, hence, food insecurity is intricately related to insufficient land and a lack of long‐term tenure security. The aggregate country level food security was assessed using various indicators for the periods of the three governments. The growth rates and the variability in the indicators suggest that Ethiopia is suffering from both chronic and transitory food insecurity.

Date: 2006
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