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Seasonality and food security among smallholder rural households in eastern Ethiopia: Evidence from panel data analysis

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  • Chanyalew S. Aweke
  • Maria Sassi
  • Edward Lahiff
  • Muluken G. Wordofa

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Food insecurity remains one of the major challenges in Ethiopia. There is scanty empirical evidence regarding the contribution of seasonality to household food and nutrition security. This study was conducted in eastern Ethiopia with the aim of examining seasonal household food and nutrition security and factors influencing this seasonal variation. Data were gathered from randomly selected households during pre- and post-harvest seasons. A Random Effects Generalized Least Squares (GLS) regression was employed for analysis. The result indicated considerable variation between the two seasons in terms of dietary diversity and food security. Households producing more food groups, cultivating larger size of land, having higher household income, keeping more livestock, owning cell phone, having access to cooperatives, and having access to improved drinking water as well as education were more likely to be more food secure across seasons. However, households keeping livestock in their dwelling units and households who had access to credit were negatively associated with seasonal food insecurity. Future interventions aiming at ensuring food security should pay attention to seasonality and mechanisms of improving diversified food production and household income as well as expanding education opportunities and access to cooperatives, infrastructure (mobile telephone), and sanitation.

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  • Chanyalew S. Aweke & Maria Sassi & Edward Lahiff & Muluken G. Wordofa, 2022. "Seasonality and food security among smallholder rural households in eastern Ethiopia: Evidence from panel data analysis," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(1), pages 2035492-203, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:10:y:2022:i:1:p:2035492
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2022.2035492
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    1. Tibebu Moges & Frédéric Baudron & Hanqi Luo & Inge D. Brouwer & Roseline Remans & Jeroen C. J. Groot, 2024. "Inadequacy of nutrients in children’s diets across seasons along an agricultural intensification gradient in Ethiopia," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 16(4), pages 899-919, August.

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