Belachew Dessalegn
Madda Walabu University, Ethiopia
Biography
Based on the recommended daily food intake of 2,100 calorie per day as bench marks to classify household’s food security, Binary logistic regression model identified marital status, dependency ratio, farm size, use of inputs -fertilizer, herbicide and insecticide, land degradation and soil fertility. A Coping strategy index at household level had been calculated and inferential statistics was used to test the variability of the index by gender of the household. The study revealed that female headed households have a higher mean coping strategy index versus mean coping strategy index of for male headed households.