Livelihood Strategies, Food Security Status and Coping Strategies among Internally Displaced Persons Resettled in Gelan Town, Ethiopia

dc.contributor.advisorTemesgen Tilahun (PhD)
dc.contributor.authorTofik Abajebal
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-25T08:58:05Z
dc.date.available2024-06-25T08:58:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to assess livelihood strategies, food security status and coping strategies among internally displaced persons (IDPs) resettled in Gelan town of Oromia during 2018. House to house survey was conducted for quantitative data collection from randomly selected households. Qualitative data was collected from 10 purposively selected Key Informant Interviews. The data was analyzed using statical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20 software. The result of this study indicated only 14.4% of internally displaced persons resettled in the study area were food secure while 43.1%,12% and 30.6 were mildly, moderately, and severely food insecure respectively. Household dietary diversity score indicated only 2.9% were in low dietary diversity level. From coping strategy index finding 8.6% and 2.9% of this resettled IDPs practiced severe and very severe coping strategies. Binary logistic regression results reviled that income of household, education level, family size, level of dietary diversification, and availability of private tap water at were significantly associated with food security status of resettled IDPs. The findings also indicated as food security measuring methods used in this were significantly correlated with each other. The overall findings indicated more than half of participant households were in food secure and mildly insecure condition. Livelihood strategies mainly relies on daily based jobs. The integration to local community were good status. This study recommends for Gelan town administration to arrange additional job opportunities in sustainable manner and focusing on capacity building for those permanently resettled IDPs for improvement of their livelihood status and ensure their food security.
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/3214
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAddis Ababa University
dc.subjectIDPs
dc.subjectLivelihood
dc.subjectfood insecurity
dc.subjectcoping strategies
dc.subjectdietary diversity
dc.titleLivelihood Strategies, Food Security Status and Coping Strategies among Internally Displaced Persons Resettled in Gelan Town, Ethiopia
dc.typeThesis

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