Determinants of Smallholders’ Food Security Status in Kalu District, Northern Ethiopia

Abdela Mohammed, Solomon Wassie () and Ermias Tesfaye Teferi
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Abdela Mohammed: Department of Agricultural Economics, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan-Teferi 5160, Ethiopia
Ermias Tesfaye Teferi: Department of Agricultural Economics, Blue Nile Water Institute, Bahirdar University, Bahir Dar 6000, Ethiopia

Challenges, 2021, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-10

Abstract: This study analyzed the determinants of rural households’ food security in the Kallu district of the Amhara region, Northern Ethiopia. The study used primary data collected from 395 randomly selected rural households. The study employed descriptive statistics and a binary logit model to estimate the status and determinants of smallholders’ food security, respectively. Of the total sample households, 47.30% are food insecure. The binary logit model results showed that sex and education level of the household head, livestock ownership, credit access, and technology adoption have positive and significant effects on food security, while age and market distance are negatively associated with the probability to be food secure. The results suggest that improving access to marketing and financial services will contribute to improving the food security status of smallholders.

Keywords: food security; consumption expenditure; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 C00 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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