@article{Abafita:196613,
      recid = {196613},
      author = {Abafita, Jemal and Kim, Kyung-Ryang},
      title = {Determinants of Household Food Security in Rural Ethiopia:  An Empirical Analysis},
      journal = {Journal of Rural Development/Nongchon-Gyeongje},
      address = {2014},
      number = {1071-2016-86950},
      pages = {29},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Food insecurity and malnutrition present key policy  challenges in Ethiopia. This paper examined the  determinants of food security among rural households in  Ethiopia using data from the latest round of Ethiopian  Rural Household Survey. Two measures of household food  security (a self-reported food security status and a  multidimensional index generated based on principal  components analysis - PCA) were used. OLS regressions were  first run to identify important determinants based on the  two measures, disregarding endogeneity problems. Then  Instrumental Variable (IV) estimation was carried out to  account for endogeneity issues. The results revealed that  age and education of household head, adequacy of rainfall,  livestock possession, participation in off-farm activities,  soil conservation practices and per capita consumption  expenditure were strongly and positively related to  household food security; while access to credit and  remittance had a negative influence. Accordingly, the study  suggests that a judicious combination of interventions that  enhance income diversification opportunities in rural areas  through promoting off-farm activities, education, training  and extension services, and improving livestock  productivity could help enhance household food security.  Provision of awareness creation on better and productive  utilization of such resources as credit should also be  emphasized in rural areas.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/196613},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.196613},
}