Conceptualising Famine in Ethiopia

Perspectives on Food Crop Production for Combating Famine in Ethiopia

Feeding the ever-growing Ethiopian population with the continuously shrinking land holdings and nutrient depleted soils is going to be very difficult to say the least. The realistic option under the current Ethiopian scenario is to increase the food productivity per unit of land. The science and the technological options available to realize higher productivity than what the average Ethiopian f...

Deforestation, wood famine and environmental degradation in highland ecosystems of Ethiopia: urgent need for actions

Famine in southern Ethiopia 1985-6: population structure, nutritional state, and incidence of death among children.

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of drought on mortality in children. DESIGN Prospective epidemiological study forming part of nutritional monitoring during famine relief work. SETTING 24 Food distribution sites in Arero and Borana provinces in southern Ethiopia. PATIENTS A monthly average of 14,173 and 5,334 children under 5 were examined in 1985 and 1986, respectively. Altogether 148,966...

Growth and shocks: evidence from rural Ethiopia

Using panel data from rural Ethiopia, the article discusses the determinants of consumption growth (1989–1997), based on a microgrowth model, controlling for heterogeneity. Consumption grew substantially, but with diverse experiences across villages and individuals. Rainfall shocks have a substantial impact on consumption growth, which persists for many years. There also is a persistent growth ...

Critical Factors Hampering Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: The Case of Northern Ethiopian Farmers

Yezihalem Tesfa Dagnaw, Instructor and Assistant Researcher, St. Mary’s University College P.O.Box 16229 Addis Ababa Ethiopia [email protected] Abstract Why we Ethiopians are celebrated for unforgettable images of chronically malnourished children with large skeletal heads clinging to their mothers dried up breasts? Why we are still forced to seek for food aid when there is ample local...