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Land tenure reforms, tenure security and food security in poor agrarian economies: causal linkages and research gaps
Global Food Security - journal, 2016This paper reviews the literature to identify the relationship between tenure security and food security. The literatures on tenure issues and food security issues are not well connected and the scientific evidence on the causal links between tenure security and food security is very limited.DocumentFood for Work and diet diversity in Ethiopia
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017We use four waves of panel data from Northern Ethiopia to investigate the link between Food for Work (FFW) participation and the diversity of food consumption and production. Food-based transfer programs have become a standard tool for addressing the problem of chronic food insecurity in developing countries.DocumentFood security in a climate perspective: what role could the private sector play regarding investment in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014The purpose of this study is to discuss different ways of implementing the "Food Security in a Climate Perspective strategy 2013-15" in relation to support to private sector development and public-private partnership (PPP) as regards agriculture, climate change and food seDocumentSituational analysis of indigenous social institutions and their role in rural livelihoods: the case of selected food insecure lowland areas of Southern Ethiopia
2013Close examination and analysis of these social institutions is very important not only from the household economic point of view but also because of its significant role in other livelihood aspects. The data for this study was collected from 453 household heads that were selected through a random sampling technique.DocumentUnderstanding famine in Ethiopia: poverty, politics and human rights
Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo, Norway, 2008This paper explores the extent to which human rights, democracy, and political contracts can be useful to provide the major explanations of – and prevention approaches to – famine in Ethiopia. The paper states that famine cannot be explained exclusively in terms of resource shortage, pointing that politics is no less important.DocumentThe levels, determinants and coping mechanisms of food insecure households in southern Ethiopia: case study of Sidama, Wolaita and Guraghe zones
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2009This study aims to identify the basic demographic, economic and social determinants of household food security and their levels among some selected rural communities of Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) in Ethiopia. These included the Sidama, Wolaita and Guraghe zones.DocumentFemale-headed households and livelihood intervention in four selected weredas in Tigray, Ethiopia
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006This report looks at the activities of different organisations working for the improved livelihood of the local community in Tigray, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Women's Association of Tigray (WAT), as an indigenous NGO.DocumentUNCCD and food security for pastoralists within a human rights context
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006The concept of a 'rights-based approach' is widely understood as integrating norms, standards and principles of the international human rights system into the plans, policies and processes of development. The norms and standards are those contained in international human rights treaties and declarations.DocumentPolicy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia: a bioeconomic model with market imperfections
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005This research in the highlands of Ethiopia shows how poverty and land degradation can be reduced in a resource-constrained agricultural area. It uses a bioeconomic model to address how alternative policy options can affect poverty and land degradation.DocumentFarming assets in North Wälo: statistics, maps and impressions from a travel to North Wälo, October 2000
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002The report is based on information collected in the aftermath of the 1999 famine. It presents some basic information on North Wälo, as well as relevant impressions from the authors journey. Statistics from the Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission show that all of North Wälo is exposed to famine, but the picture varies much from year to year.Pages
