The Impact of Resettlement Program on Food Security and Environment in Tigra Y Regional State: The Case of Kafta-Humera Wereda
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2009-02
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Addis Ababa University
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This thesis has attempted to identify the top major factors influencing the resettlement
program namely, the resettlers food security condition and the enviro!Ullental
sustainability in Kafta Humera Woreda. Here so urces of information are primary and
seco ndary sources. By employing a simple random sampling method 5 kebele's are
selected and a total of 86 households' heads selected in undertaking the household
survey.
Further more, data for the measurement of forests was collected using rectangular plots
(50m*50m). In addition, the impact of resettlement program on food security and
environment is evaluated by implementing the " before and after evaluation technique".
According to this study, by using resettlement intervention, govemment seems achieved
food security for the major resettler households. More specificall y, the productivity and
production level of the origin and the resettlement areas are compared, and the result
showed th at, th e annual per house hold mean crop production and the rate of livestock
possession in the resettlement area has exceeded across all years to the original physical
production. This implies that resettlers are better off in the resettlement area. However,
on the other hand, when we see the environmental sustainability concern on the other
side, however, government seems giving low attention.
As a result of the resettlement program in the woreda (11 kebelle' s) a total of
11 ,504,579 .5 trees are lost. Furthernlore, the loss of forest in tellllS of volume (biomass)
as a result of the program has amounted to 24, 278, 27,488.23cm3
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Food Security and Environment