Impact of Productive Safety Net Program on the Livelihood of Pastoral Households: The case of Degahbour Woreda, Jarar Zone of Somali Regional State, Ethiopia.

Abstract

This study was conducted in Degahbour woreda of Jarar zone, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia with the objective of assessing impacts of productive safety net program on the livelihood of pastoral households. In order to achieve the objective of the study and thereby give answers for the basic research questions mixed research approach was used. The study employed a combination of descriptive and explanatory followed with cross sectional design, both primary and secondary data were used. Random sampling was used to select representative sample accordingly 156 from program and non-program participants were selected. Descriptive statistics was carried out and compared the mean of two groups (participants and non-participants) with respect to important demographics, socio-economic and institutional variables. T-test and chi-square were applied to statistically compare the two groups for continues and
discrete variables of the model respectively. To identify the variables that had significant influence on the outcome variables, logit regression analysis was carried out. The result from the logit regression analysis revealed that sex and education were found significant and negative effect on the household whereas non-farm, extension service, access credit and access food aid were significant and positive effective with 1% and 5% level of probability. Appling a propensity of score matching technique was functional to deal with and the results of the logistic regression model was engaged to estimate propensity scores for matching treatment household with control households, the study found that the program has increased participating households’ income by
6.03% compared to the income of non-participant households. And livestock 0.50% compared to TLU of non-participant household. Therefore, it is important to encourage both program participant and non-participants to have income with both livestock and non-farm since aid income is not permanently. Policy makers should look for means of improving these activities