Problems And Challenges In Food Security Programmeduring Disasters

Book Code: 1111018491743

Dr. Karanam Viswa Bhushan

ABOUT THE BOOK

The whole Sub-Saharan Africa and especially in Ethiopia, the household's capacity to manage risk is very low due to multiple factors coupled with a poor asset based lives, which makes them vulnerable to food insecurity. Consequently, policy interventions designed to reduce vulnerability are becoming increasingly important, making it crucial to develop reliable and easily applied measures of vulnerability to enhance the targeting efficiency of such policy measures. In particular, the welfare status of a substantial share of the population may be just above the food security threshold.
Food security situation in Ethiopia is highly linked to recurring food shortage and famine in the country, which are associated to recurrent
drought. Ethiopia is chronically affected by multiple hazards as well as floods and drought as the main risks. Due to this above 20 million people were vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity. This research study was focused at Dewe district, Afar region Ethiopia.

This book emphasizes on the problems and challenges of food security programme during the disasters and focuses on rural household's resilience to food insecurity, food security status and household's coping mechanisms and explains various adaptive strategies.

This book is very essential to those who are working in organizations dealing with food supply and disaster management programmes. It promotes more theoretical and professional knowledge.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Karanam Viswa Bhushan, Associate professor of social work who has been working in Maharaja's Post graduate college(awarded 'A' Grade by NACC) since two decades (affiliated to Andhra university) Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. India.
He successfully completed the employment contract under Unite Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for two years as Associate Professor in Ethiopian Civil Service University, Ethiopia .During this tenure a lot of research work was done in various social issues.
He secured his Bachelor's, Master's (Post Graduation) and Doctoral degrees in social work from Andhra University and awarded first rank
with gold medal at post graduation studies. His area of specialization is community development. He secured International certificate in community development and Adult education at Nijmegen University, Netherlands.
He has participated in several National and International (Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia and Canada) seminars, conferences and workshops and enriched with the knowledge of social work education. He has zeal of learning and great
aptitude towards teaching and research. He has delivered guest lectures in several universities in Canada, Belgium and Germany. His focused areas are capacity building, empowering women groups (SHG'S, DWACRA'S), child education and health, youth development, Awareness building on social issues, community development in urban slums, rural and tribal areas. He has published several books on different social issues.
Training programmes to personnel of the Non Governmental organizations and consultant services to Local, National and International organizations . He has good network with the NGO'S and promoted several programmes for the community development. He has Life membership in several National associations of social work education.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgment.................................. 5

List of Tables and Figures..................... 9

Abbreviations...................................... 11

1 Introduction..................................... 13

1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Research Objective
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Scope and Limitations of the Study
1.7 Organisation of the Study

2. Literature Review......................... 19
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Concepts and Theories of Food Security
2.3 Measuring Household’s Food Security/Food Security Indicators
2.4. Food Security in Ethiopia
2.5 Review of Some Empirical Studies
2.6 Impact of Disasters on Food Security
2.7 Severe Droughts
2.8. Conceptual Framework
2.9 Local Studies

3 Research Methodology...................... 39
3.1 Study Area
3.2. Research Design
3.3 Sampling Techniques
3.4 Methods of Data Collection
3.5 Data Analysis Methods
3.6 Ethical Considerations

4. Data Analysis and Interpretation......................... 45
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Response Rate
4.3 Respondents Profiles
4.4 General Information of the Respondents

5. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations............. 55
5.1 Introduction

References.......................................... 65

Index.................................................. 71