The Attitude of Food-For-Work Beneficiaries towards the Implementation and Impacts of Food-For-Work Programmed
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2011-05
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Addis Ababa University
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Til(! IIllIill ohjeclive of this paper is 10 study the allitude of hell eficiaries towards the
1I/{/llIIgelllellt iss lies ill FFW and the impacts of FFW ill ilia ted soil conservatioll /'/IeaSllres all
ellvirOlllllellt. It is also the ail1l of this paper to analyze the factors that determine the .Ii,ture
,,"stlliIOhility 0/ FFW illitiated soil conservatioll activities. The shulV is based all a SlIrve)! of
ISO hellds ofhollseholds who were random IV selectedfro/1/ Alaba Wereda. TI1 addilioll. focl/s
grollp discussiolls alld key informant interviel'VS were also condUCled wilh henejiciaries.
Werelia ofliclllis. I'll leaders, alld staffji-olll the implelllellting agellcy to get all ill-depth insighl
011 Ihase issl/es Ihat are 110t adequately addressed ill the survey lII ethod. Secolldwy data
sOl/rces sl/ch liS CSA reports, project documents alld CIIl/1ual reports produced hy Ihe
illlplelll elllillg IIgency were also reviewed. The study brought together ideas ji-olll direct
hellefirillries. implelllenting agellcy, government officials, and other stakeholders. it is a
lieseriplive alld evaluative sll/dy, and both the descriptive statistical lIIethods and qualilative
(/lwl)!sis Ivere elllployed ill the study as methodologicallools.
7/lcfol/olVillg lire the lIIajorfilldings of th e stue!y: I) FFW belleficiaries have 1101 raken part ill
decisioll-lIlllkillg process at different levels in FFW programming, alld hence gellerally the)!
have nega/ive attitude towards management issues ill FFW; 2) BeJl eficiaries preferred
hioiogicill soil cOllservation measures to the physical measures as the former have a IllOre
liirecl alld shon-tCl'III economic benefits than the laller. As a result, the hiological and physical
soil cOllserValiOIl lIIeasures were IIOt well-integrated to hring about a suslaillable impact 011
ellvil'OlIlIIellt: 3) Dlle to restrictive CUStOIllS alld traditiolls ill Ihe study area, alld due to the lack
of COlllnlitl/Wli1 of the FFW programme to address women's needs, gender issues were 1I0t Ivel/addressed
ill tlie FFW progralllllle.
There/ore. {/I I illlporlilliliessoll drawnJi'oll! this study is that beneficiaries should he ill valved in
tlie riecisioll -Illukilig process at all /eve/s in FFW progral11l11illg. alld adequate e/'llphasis has to
he givell 10 Ihe prolllotioll a/' cOllservatioll knowledge allc/ praclice. alld to gender issues ill
order 10 II/f1Xilllize tlie ell virollmental impacts of tlie FFW illitiated soil cOliservatioll
IJrogmlllllle. """ 10 ensure Ihe .li ,ture sustaillability of soil cOllservatioll (lctivilies ullderlakell
tllrougll FFW. Th e stur/v "/0'0 attelllpts to draw addiliollal illsights ill the use olIood as all
cfJixtive loolfor {Icliicvillg the I/Illch aspired environmental rehabilitatioll objective, "lid as all
e/Jcctive toolfor reducillgfood aid dependellcy alld achievillg self-sufficiency.
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Attitude of Food-For-Work