Assessment of Solid Waste Management Practices and Implications to Waste Pickers Food Security in Arada Sub-City Addis Ababa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yayeh PhD, Desalegn | |
| dc.contributor.author | Liknaw, Asaye | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-08T08:29:54Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T08:44:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-08T08:29:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T08:44:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to assess solid waste management implication to waste pickers’ food security in Arada Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 76 Waste pickers were selected based on the product of Yamane formula using Simple random and purposive sampling techniques to get information and quantitative data were collecting using questionnaire survey and analyzed using measure of central tendency (mean) and measure of dispersion (standard deviation).Qualitative data were collected through key informant interview and secondary data sources were analyzed using thematic content analysis and there was inadequate solid waste management due to lack of strict rules and regulation as well as lack of social awareness exist in the sub city in particularly in Arada sub-city. The findings of this study revealed that there is limited financial, physical, and human resources, lack of waste management policy, social inclusiveness of waste pickers, and scarcity of food stay alive in the sub city. The waste pickers have challenges of income for their livelihood, lack of adoption of capital-intensive, lack of awareness of communities and there is lack of government attention on solid waste management. The level of education of waste pickers was low because they were immigrants from rural areas due to that they were not effective in adoption of technologies. The distance of transfer station, inappropriate waste collection, and informal community waste containers had also direct impact on solid waste management. Location of waste storage, food insecure of waste pickers, factors related to financial constraints, weak enforcement of rules and regulations, socio-economic, cultural factors and awareness of the communities affects them. Thus, it was recommend that to increase awareness of the community, responsible bodies (Government, Community and Health Bureau) should pay attention to the issue in order to improve the current poor solid waste management practices and to improve the food security of waste pickers in the town. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/25295 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Waste, economic incentives, management, food security, pollution, sub city | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Solid Waste Management Practices and Implications to Waste Pickers Food Security in Arada Sub-City Addis Ababa | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |