Abstract
Seasonality and food security among smallholder rural households in eastern Ethiopia: Evidence from panel data analysis
Highlights
Food insecurity and malnutrition remain serious challenges to the world and a top priority for developing countries
Seasonality emerges as an important dimension for understanding diet and food security in the study area
This shows that food security and dietary diversity declined considerably during the pre-harvest season
Summary
Food insecurity and malnutrition remain serious challenges to the world and a top priority for developing countries. 821 million people are considered to be food insecure and the absolute number has increased by 17 million from 2016 to 2017 (FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO 2018). The authors indicated that 28.9% of these malnourished people were from sub-Saharan African Countries (SSA) which accounts 23.2% of the total population of these countries. The magnitude of undernourishment in Eastern African region was higher (estimated at 31.4%) compared to other parts of SSA (FAO et al 2018). Malnutrition has been even higher in Ethiopia with approximately half of the population of the country considered to be undernourished (FAO 2012). Food insecurity is heavily concentrated in rural areas, worldwide, and many of the most vulnerable and malnourished people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods (World Bank 2008)
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