The Contribution of Remittance on Rural Household Food Security in Misha Woreda, Hadiya Zone Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Messay Mulugeta (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Teshome Erehincho | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-22T10:45:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-22T10:45:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | One of the main sources of income for those living in developing and low-income countries is remittances. Using cross sectional data at the household level, the main objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of remittance money on the state of food security in rural households. A mixed approach is used to gather quantitative and qualitative data, including a survey of 391 household in the rural kebeles of Siko, Gunnabonochora, and DilbaraMago in Misha woreda, Hadiya zone. The study employed questionnaire, FGD, KII, and secondary data to collect substantiated information from the study area. The study compares the food security situations of households who receiving remittances and those who are not receive remittances. Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), Coping Strategy Index (CSI), and Household Food Balance (HHFB) models are employed to measure the level of food insecurity, food balance, and their coping strategy. STATA15 software is used to analyze the quantitative part focusing on ordered logistic regression model. HFIAS results shows that 49.10% (192) households are moderately food insecure, and 35.55% (139) households are severely food insecure. In terms of CSI result 39.13% (153) have medium CSI, and 35.29% (138) have high CSI. Using ordered logistic regression access to remittance was statistically significant. Households in Hadiya zone culturally must celebrate the Meskel (The finding of the true cross) holy-day whether they are receiving remittance or not and they spend more of their income on it. In this case, in the large amount of remittance money spent for the Meskel event. Considering the findings, the author recommends awareness creation in both remittances sending and receiving ones. The study provides insights into why some households transform themselves from a „consuming‟ to an „investing‟ entity, while others continue to depend on remittances for subsistence. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/1440 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | International Migration, Impact of Remittance, Food security/insecurity status | |
| dc.title | The Contribution of Remittance on Rural Household Food Security in Misha Woreda, Hadiya Zone Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Thesis |