Role of Underutilized Crops in Improving Food Security of the Households: A Case Study in Guto Gida District, Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mulugeta, Messay PhD | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mengesha, Daba | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-13T07:42:05Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T08:45:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-13T07:42:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T08:45:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper focused on the contribution of crop diversification with underutilized crops in improving household food security and livelihoods in Guto Gida district of Ethiopia. Most of the farmers produce only stable food crops without considering their productivity, nutritional value and production sustainability. Besides, nutritional role, productivity, and stress tolerance of underutilized crops was not equally known and promoted in this region even though it improves nutritional quality and increases purchasing power of the households. Multistage sampling techniques was applied on a sample of 120 smallholder farmers was taken. Households are categorized as underutilized crop producers and non-producers. Food Consumption Score and Coping Strategy Index were employed to measure food security status of households. Ordinary least squares and simple leaner regression models, and descriptive statistic were used to analyze the data. The diversified producers of underutilized crops had showed significant level of crop production (22.48%), consumption (11.73%), total annual sale (19.32%) and total income generation (26.67%) than the non-producers of underutilized crops at alpha 5%. Based on this result it can be conclude that crop diversification with underutilized crops is one of the important options that can contribute significantly to household food security and livelihood status. Overall results of the survey imply that the current agricultural policy of Ethiopia government was not given attention to diversify and promotion the underutilized crops, so it should get series attention and firm, specific, clear policy and strategies due to the continued malnutrition and food insecurity threat in the country. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/29232 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | underutilized crop; food security; Food Consumption Score; Coping Strategy Index; Guto Gida district | en_US |
| dc.title | Role of Underutilized Crops in Improving Food Security of the Households: A Case Study in Guto Gida District, Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |