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    The Practices and Impact Of Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) Smallholder on the Farmers: Household the Case of Income Tula of Sub-City, Hawassa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-06) Abera, Mary; Berhanu, Elias (PhD)
    The study was conducted to assess the practices and impact of productive safety net program on the household income of small holder farmers in Tula sub city, Hawassa. Though there are other rural sub cities in and around Hawassa town, due to the extended problem of food insecurity in the area this study mainly focused on the impact of PSNP on the household income of smallholder farmers in Tula sub city. For this study the researcher employed both primary data and secondary resources. The relevant primary data were collected through tools such as Household survey questionnaire, key informant interviews and observation. The secondary data were published and unpublished articles, journals, office records, books and thesis. The study participants were PSNP beneficiary farmers, development agents, kebele administrators and early warning and food security office coordinator and employees. The data collected through primary and secondary sources were thematically organized and analyzed through triangulation to increase the accuracy of the study finding. The study has found out that the productive safety net program has registered some improvements on aspects like beneficiaries monthly income, number of meals per day, monthly food consumption and availability of community assets and no improvements on other many aspects like total crop production, number of livestock, availability of household assets, availability of production materials and the condition of using negative coping mechanisms that are put by the researcher as measures of to evaluate the impact of the program on the study area. After examining the impact of PSNP on the house hold income of small holder farmers in the study area, some recommendations were suggested by the researcher. Majorly focused on taking disciplinary and corrective measures during the targeting process, timing of food distribution, improving quantity of food aid, restructuring the system, establishing community assets with better quality and quantity, creating community awareness and cooperation of all concerned bodi