Determinants of Food Insecurity Among Agropastoral Households In Sagag District, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia.

Abstract

Ethiopia is one of the most food-insecure and famine affected countries (Mohamed, 2017). A large portion of the country’s population has been affected by chronic and transitory food insecurity. The situation of chronically food insecure people is becoming more and more severe. This study investigates the underlying problems causing food insecurity in Ethiopia and tests, policy options that could alleviate the problem in the future. For this purpose, three distinct levels of measurements including, national, household and individual levels are often applied in a given country. The measurement at national level is relatively more aggregated and mainly focuses on the food availability. At household level, the measurement takes different forms including food access and nutrition indicators. Some interventions are designed and focused on population, food production, and market dynamics. Moreover, degraded
land contributed considerably to the poor average productivity of the land. Policy analyses showed that future policy options such as land rehabilitation and capacity building for skilled use of agricultural inputs such as seeds and fertilizer need to be combined carefully to account for their different implementation times. Therefore, this study is an attempt to explore the factors of food insecurity among agro-pastoral households in Sagag Districts, Somali Regional State in Ethiopia.