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 recurrentdrought. 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 rankwith 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 greataptitude 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. CONTENTSAcknowledgment.................................. 5List of Tables and Figures..................... 9Abbreviations...................................... 111 Introduction..................................... 131.1 Background of the Study1.2 Statement of the Problem1.3 Research Objective1.4 Research Questions1.5 Significance of the Study1.6 Scope and Limitations of the Study1.7 Organisation of the Study2. Literature Review......................... 192.1 Introduction2.2 Concepts and Theories of Food Security2.3 Measuring Household’s Food Security/Food Security Indicators2.4. Food Security in Ethiopia2.5 Review of Some Empirical Studies2.6 Impact of Disasters on Food Security2.7 Severe Droughts2.8. Conceptual Framework2.9 Local Studies3 Research Methodology...................... 393.1 Study Area3.2. Research Design3.3 Sampling Techniques3.4 Methods of Data Collection3.5 Data Analysis Methods3.6 Ethical Considerations4. Data Analysis and Interpretation......................... 454.1 Introduction4.2 Response Rate4.3 Respondents Profiles4.4 General Information of the Respondents5. Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations............. 555.1 IntroductionReferences.......................................... 65Index.................................................. 71 The Title 'Problems and Challenges in Food Security Programmeduring Disasters written/authored/edited by Dr. Karanam Viswa Bhushan', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121220316 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 73 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Natural Calamities. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-
Loading...
