Food Security Status of Small-Scale Peri-Urban Farming Households during Covid-19: A Case Study from Bole Bulbula Area, Addis Ababa

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dc.contributor.advisorMessay Mulugeta (PhD)
dc.contributor.authorTamene Shenkut
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-25T07:38:44Z
dc.date.available2024-06-25T07:38:44Z
dc.date.issued2022-08
dc.description.abstractIn Ethiopia, urban agriculture is ubiquitous as before. In a recent time there has been a sizable expansion of it both in peripheries of the cities and intra-urban and vacant space of urban dwellers. The main - objective of this study - is to - investigate the food security status of smallscale peri-urban farming households during COVID-19. To achieve this objective both quantitative and qualitative approaches were- employed -in order to collect the raw data from the sample respondents through survey based questionnaire, FGDs and KII. The statistical models namely, ordered logit model and multiple ordinals logistic regressions were conducted to analyze the determinants of food security status of the households. Furthermore, HFIAS was applied to measure the food security status of households. The study result indicated that 52.13% of the respondents were food secured, 27.54% of the respondents were mildly food insecure, and 20.33% of the respondents were moderately food insecure. The study conclude that food security status of small-scale peri-urban farming households were not free from partial effect of global COVID-19. Based on the finding of this study, the following points are recommended; Woreda farmer and agricultural development office and extension agents should be provide the appropriate extension service to the households as per the set of standard and create market linkage and adopt labor-intensive technology to the farmers.
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3198
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAddis Ababa University
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectFGDs
dc.subjectHFIAS
dc.subjectFood security
dc.subjectUrban farming
dc.subjectWoreda
dc.titleFood Security Status of Small-Scale Peri-Urban Farming Households during Covid-19: A Case Study from Bole Bulbula Area, Addis Ababa
dc.typeThesis

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