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Entitlements, Coping Mechanisms and Indicators of Access to Food: Wollo Region, Ethiopia, 1987–88
Author(s) -
KELLY MARION
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1992.tb00413.x
Subject(s) - anthropometry , famine , food insecurity , livestock , environmental health , vulnerability (computing) , food security , socioeconomics , geography , grain yield , agriculture , medicine , economics , biology , agronomy , computer security , archaeology , computer science , forestry
Vulnerability to famine and traditional responses to food insecurity in Wollo Region, Ethiopia are described. The timeliness of anthropometric and socio‐economic indicators of access to food is then assessed, using data collected in Wollo by Save the Children Fund during 1987–88, a period of drought and subsequent food insecurity. The movements of different indicators are then examined for evidence of correspondence at sub‐district level. The author concludes that although anthropometric status does not respond as early as crop yield or grain price, a deterioration in anthropometric status is detectable at a stage when livestock and migration indicators show little or no change and mortality rate remains unaffected. At sub‐district level, changes in different indicators are not well‐correlated.