$24.95
Author : Logan Cochrane
ISBN Code : 978-1-59-907279-1
Language : English
Pages number : 258
Format : Paperback
Ethiopia and Food Security: Rethinking Vulnerability, Policy, and Resilience
Despite notable strides in famine prevention, food insecurity continues to affect millions in Ethiopia—where, as recently as 2016, one in five people depended on emergency aid. Ethiopia and Food Security offers a groundbreaking, systems-level analysis of why food insecurity persists, moving beyond traditional metrics to explore household-level decision-making, policy frameworks, service systems, and overlooked drivers such as migration and debt.
Blending data with lived experience, this book challenges conventional research methods and assumptions. It reveals how standardized surveys often miss the nuanced, adaptive choices made by farmers, and how statistical averages conceal deep inequalities across regions. The participatory approach elevates farmer knowledge and local realities, calling for more responsive and equitable research and policy design.
At once analytical and practical, Ethiopia and Food Security redefines how we understand vulnerability and resilience in one of Africa’s most strategically important nations. This timely study provides bold new insights and actionable pathways for building a more secure and just food system in Ethiopia.
Introduction
1. Food Security
2. Ethiopia
3. Encountering
4. How we know: Methods, metrics and measures
5. Vulnerability
6. Policies, programs and services
7. Engaging change
8. Discussion
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