期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2015
卷号：17
期号：7
页码：118
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：This paper deals with household food security status and its determinants in the Girar Jarso Woreda. Household survey,field observations, key informant interviews and focus group discussions were the main techniques for generating primarydata. Data’s were analyzed using Household Food Balance Model. Besides, mean and cross-tabulations of frequencydistribution were used for analysis. Households in the study area were prone to food insecurity. The available dietaryenergy of study households met only 45.3% of the minimum daily allowance, 2100kcal during the study year, indicating adeficiency of 54.7%. The main factors determining household food security status were identified as householddemographic factors (sex, age, educational status and family size) and access to productive resources (farmland, farm oxen,labor and farm inputs). Access to those productive asset help to understand the sustainability of household food securitystatus. Eating less preferred foods, reducing the number of meals, purchasing foods through selling smallanimals/ruminants, grass, cow-dung and firewood were responded as the main coping mechanisms in the area. The studysuggested the need of short-term and long-term activities from government bodies, donors and the households themselvesto improve household food security status on sustainable bases.
