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Vol.
3, No.
3, 2012
8
Determinants of Food Insecurity in Addis Ababa City,
Ethiopia
Ejigayhu Sisay1*
, Abdi-Khalil Edriss2
1.
School of...
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Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2222-1700 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2855 (Online)
Vol.
3, No.
3, 2012
8
Determinants of Food Insecurity in Addis Ababa City,
Ethiopia
Ejigayhu Sisay1*
, Abdi-Khalil Edriss2
1.
School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, P.
O.
Box 326, Haramaya University,
Ethiopia
Tel: +251-911-309185 * E-mail:Emuyenat@gmail.
com
2.
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Malawi, Bunda College of
Agriculture, P.
O.
Box 219, Malawi, Tel:+265-88 8842268 Email: Abdikhalil@yahoo.
com
Abstract
Urban areas are faced with the problem of increasing population and consequently inadequate supply of
food items.
The present study attempts to examine the food insecurity situation and identify the
determinants of food insecurity in Addis Ababa city at household level.
The primary data source for this
work was the Addis Ababa urban household socio-economic data collected by undertaking a survey on 140
households.
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