Vulnerability of smallholder rural households to food insecurity in Eastern Ethiopia

Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 581-591

  Bogale, Ayalneh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food consumption expenditure; Food insecurity; Vulnerability as expected poverty

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; VULNERABILITY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84870394462     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-012-0208-x     Document Type: Article

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