Review on Food in Security Status and Its Major Coping Strategies in Rural Ethiopia

Abdukerim Ahmed Mumed; Amanuel Berhanu Bonso; Abdi Hassen Habib

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Review on Food in Security Status and Its Major Coping Strategies in Rural Ethiopia

Abdukerim Ahmed Mumed, Amanuel Berhanu Bonso, Abdi Hassen Habib

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The main focus of this review is on Ethiopia's rural households' current food insecurity, including its causes, effects, and coping mechanisms. At the international, regional, national, and local levels, there is a direct correlation between food insecurity and poverty. According to the most recent studies, 842 million people or 12 percent of the world's population were unable to meet their dietary energy needs globally. According to recent studies, Ethiopia is one of the world's poorest nations, with a significant portion of its population living below the poverty line and the majority of the rural population (roughly 9.7 million people) experiencing food insecurity. Coping Strategies against Food Insecurity used by farm households in the rural area of Ethiopia include livestock sales, agricultural employment and, sale of wood or charcoal, small scale trading, selling cow dung and crop residues, reduction of food consumption. Finally, the current food security policy programs in Ethiopia are Sustainable Production & Market Systems, Business & Entrepreneurship, Resilience Nutrition, Cross-Cutting Issues, Small scale irrigation and Policy options to minimize food insecurity based on Strengthen productivity and incomes, Linkages maximizing synergy and Provide direct access to food. Improve the coping mechanism of the rural households by improving their capacity to protect themselves from food insecurity through enhancing their knowledge on preservation and storage of food and credit schemes, diversification of income, and employment.

Published in	International Journal of Health Economics and Policy (Volume 8, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.hep.20230801.12
Page(s)	10-15
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Food Insecurity, Food Security, Household, Coping Mechanism, Ethiopia

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Abdukerim Ahmed Mumed, Amanuel Berhanu Bonso, Abdi Hassen Habib. Review on Food in Security Status and Its Major Coping Strategies in Rural Ethiopia. Int J Health Econ Policy. 2023;8(1):10-15. doi: 10.11648/j.hep.20230801.12

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Abdukerim Ahmed Mumed

Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma, Ethiopia
Amanuel Berhanu Bonso

Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Jimma, Ethiopia
Abdi Hassen Habib

Departement of Accounting and Finance, Kebri Dehar University, Kebri Dehar, Ethiopia

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