The impact of a food security program on household food consumption in Northwestern Ethiopia: A matching estimator approach |
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Authors: | Degnet Abebaw Yibeltal Fentie Belay Kassa |
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Affiliation: | 1. Ethiopian Economics Association/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute, P.O. Box 34282, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;2. United Nations World Food Program, P.O. Box 25584, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;3. Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia |
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Abstract: | With the financial support from various development partners, Ethiopia has designed and implemented several programs to improve household food security. Yet, food insecurity is still a major challenge to several millions of people in the country and it is questionable whether the different food security programs implemented over the past years have been successful. Using a propensity score matching method to control for pre-intervention differences, this study examined the impact on household food calorie intake of an integrated food security program (IFSP), which had been implemented in Northwestern Ethiopia by two non-governmental organizations as a case study. The estimated results provide evidence that IFSP has a positive and statistically significant effect on food calorie intake. In particular, IFSP has raised physical food calorie intake by 30% among the beneficiary households. However, we also found that IFSP has differential impact depending on family size, landownership and gender of head of household. Overall, the paper provides evidence that supporting integrated food security programs is important to improve food security in rural areas. |
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Keywords: | Food security Program evaluation Propensity score matching Ethiopia |
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