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Effect of Nonfarm Income on Household Food Security in
Eastern Tigrai, Ethiopia: An Entitlement Approach
Bereket...
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Food Science and Quality Management www.
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ISSN 2224-6088 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0557 (Online)
Vol 1, 2011
1 | P a g e
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Effect of Nonfarm Income on Household Food Security in
Eastern Tigrai, Ethiopia: An Entitlement Approach
Bereket Zerai1
, Zenebe Gebreegziabher2
Abstract
The study attempts to investigate the link between food security and nonfarm employment using the survey
data collected from 151 randomly selected households from six villages of Woreda Gantafeshum, Eastern
Tigrai, Ethiopia.
Considering the objective of the study, given a household participated in nonfarm
employments and its effect on food security, the Heckman selection model (two stage) is used.
We examine
first the household decision with respect to participation in nonfarm employment using pobit model.
We
found that land size, age, family size, special skill, electricity, credit, distance to the nearest market and
access to irrigation are the most influencing variables in determining farmers
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