Cash-for-work and food-for-work programmes' role in household resilience to food insecurity in southern Ethiopia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4910348
AutoresGezahegn Abebe (Schlumberger (Ireland), autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen30
Número8
Páginas1068-1081
Fecha de publicación2020-11-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2020.1747398
OpenAlexW3024978886
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas6

The article uses survey and interview data from Boricha District in southern Ethiopia to assess the challenges and prospects of cash-for-work and food-for-work programmes for building households’ resilience to food insecurity. The findings show that the programmes are of little use for improving farmers’ food security. The analysis suggests that a human rights-based approach to social protection is needed as it sees social protection as an inherent social right, rather than as charity for beneficiaries. This approach is the correct direction to strengthen vulnerable groups’ capacity to respond to the social, political, economic, and environmental drivers of food insecurity and thus alleviate poverty and inequality

Agriculture · Business · Cash · Cash transfers · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Poverty · Psychological resilience · Right to food · Social protection · Socioeconomics · Agricultural risk and resilience · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology