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    Urban Productive Safety Net Program Contribution to Beneficiary Household(S) Food Security: A Case of Woreda Seven, Kirkos Sub City, Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-12) Mekbib, Abiy; E Yayeh PhD, Desalegn
    Urban Productive Safety Nat Program has got the Ethiopia government attention. Urban Productive Safety Nat Program programs offer protection to poor urban community by providing income through transfer programs and employment opportunities. The main objective the study was to understand the urban productive safety net program contribution to beneficiary households’ food security in woreda seven. Descriptive research design was applied. Data was collected from 156 sample households, key informants using questionnaire survey, key informant interview and observation. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic e.g. mean, percentage, standard deviations as well as logistic regression. The food security status of sample households was determined using household food insecurity accesses scale. The result of the study tells that in the woreda there are a total of 269 male and 388 female Urban Productive Safety Nat Program beneficiary households. Out of the sample respondents 32.6% and 67.4% were food secure and food insecure respectively. The sample respondents saving practice ranges were from 50 to 200 birr per month and the highest capital found was 1500 per household members whereas the lowest monthly cash transferred was 375. The Urban Productive Safety Nat Program participation in the community was improved by 60.9% after joining in the Urban Productive Safety Net Program, (including, Iddir and Iqqub). Three out of nine explanatory variables such as (sex of household heads, size of household heads and community participation) has positively significant impact on the successfulness of UPSNP of the beneficiaries in the study. To conclude that the study recommends the adjustment of financial support for the Urban Productive Safety Nat Program beneficiaries rather than local development as well as improving the working conditions of the public worker.