Tagel Gebrehiwot|Anne van der Veen
Effect of Policy Interventions on Food Security in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia
University of Twente|University of Twente|GeoInformation (United Kingdom)
following design conservationbased agricultural development strategy food security strategy tigray government implemented different propoor development programs past years address problems food security study attempts investigate effectiveness government policy interventions different scales addressed improve food security food security regional district level investigated deriving food balance sheets period 20002008 empirical analysis based logit model also employed analyze household level food security status results logit model reveal government policy interventions water harvesting schemes employment generation schemes promotion technology adoption significantly contribute higher likelihood household food security status findings food balance sheet also indicate region made impressive development gains improving regional food selfsufficiency indicating importance government interventions improving food security household regional level