Determinants of Seasonal Out-Migration and Its Implication for Food Security in Tsagbiji Woreda, Wag Himra Zone, Amhara Region
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Migration is one of the important research agendas in regional development as it encompasses both place
and people dimension besides to its dynamic nature. Thus the aim of this study is to identify the
determinants of Households' seasonal out-migration and its nexus with the Food Security status by taking
Tsagibji District, Amhara Region as a case. Accordingly, a quantitative research approach was mainly
employed by complementing it with a qualitative approach to triangulate the findings. Parallel to the
common secondary sources, the study used metrological data from NMA to get the full picture of the
livelihood system in the district. in this study; The Primary data was gathered from a sample of 325 rural
households using household survey, and key informant interviews and focus group discussions. were
employed to gather qualitative data. Quantitative data analysis techniques: descriptive and inferential
statistics were computed using STATA so to assess the availability, consumption and access aspect of
household food security status, three models, namely: Household Food Balance Model (HFBM)
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) and Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning
(MAHFP), were computed. The result of the binary logistic model analysis revealed that, household size
and participation in the productive safety net program are significantly and positively related with
seasonal migration, while food security status, sex of the household head, total land size, access and use
of inputs: credit service, fertilizer utilization, extension service, improved seed, tropical livestock unit,
and educational status are significantly and negatively related to seasonal migration status level of rural
households. Moreover, both push and pull factors namely environmental induced factors and economic
reasons are the main attributing factors for migration. The result using HFBM revealed 57% of the
sampled migrant households were food insecure. Seasonal migration has a positive and negative effect on
the livelihood of households. Based on the findings in the research, it is suggested that income
diversification, increase agricultural inputs, employment opportunities, and environmental rehabilitation
is important to improve the livelihood of households.
Keywords: Seasonal migration: Food security: Livelihood strategy: Adaptive: Coping
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Seasonal migration: Food security: Livelihood strategy: Adaptive: Coping