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    Food Security Situations And Resource Endowments of Rural Households In D'irashe Special Woreda In Southern Ethiopia: A Comparative Study of Male- And Female- Headed Households
    (Addis Ababauniversity, 2006-02) Gnefato, Asfaw; Ooilicho, Beyene (PhD)
    ''FIle I/Jes is is (limed Of assessing the ./i)()(/ security sill/o/h)"s lind resu/(rce ('lIdowments (~l ru"ClI IlOlIsellOhls in D 'irashe Special Woreda, The content however, is lililited 10 the realities in three sample Keheles o/'the Woreda, D'irashe Special Woreda is/ound in SNNPII. It is located 557kms south of Addis Ababa on the right side of the main road to .finka /()'VII. The Ihesis heRil1.l' with introducing the hackRmllnd Ihe pmhlelll sllllell/('III, ohieclil'es incillding significance 01' Ihe stlldy. It proceeds h)' reviewing aspecls 0/ ./elllille heads, ./i}()d secllrity, prodllctive reSOllrce endowments and coping strategies, 11 then describes Ihe physical and socioeconomic ./eatllres of the woreda, Questionnaire survey, key illfiJl'Jnall1 interviews, case studies lind jiJCIIS gmllp discllssions are lIsed to collect the dahl, Descriptive slatistics such as pcrcenfCf}!,C! and mean are computed. l"cmale-headed hOllseholds play an essenlial role ill /i)()" sec III' ill , 01 11I11I1'('h,,'" os IJm"IICas, !){/rc!wsers, prodders {()It! processors (dji)( }(/ ,hun lIutl" hew!.\" do ,\ /(/ /(' ulld/(' /J/(//(' S{,(' III In hurt' WI ell/HU/ INlrtfe/I){llion in /ar/l'l prodllct/Oll ({cOvilies .' IJIUII!ill,t!. lI 'ceclill.!.!.. Ill r es;'ill,\.!" II'WISI}()l'ling 1111" ,l"lorillg I!esides, collecling/ire WO!}(!.I", ./etching waleI' alld grilldillg grain Iwl'c heen./iJllnd to he lIIeans "I' ellsllring food secllrity. For lIIany female hOllsehol" Ileads' tilile is ,'pen I by these ""ily rolliine lIelivities while their involvement in other income generotin? activities is (; ()/1sll'u ill ec l. i\t/oreover, res lilts (~r lite study re\!ealed 1//(/1 JelllUle -III,.:wled l' IJII.\l'/i(}/J\ /Il/l'(' lillliled Fig.!lfs uI oll'nership ill lime/lleti ,'e resources liS lI'ell liS Iheir/illils o/loho/' Ii/(/II II/(//,,-heo