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Does Social protection improve female-headed households’ food security in Ebinat district, Ethiopia

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  • Belainew Belete
  • Tadele Bayu

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Though social protection in sub-Saharan Africa is intensive to alleviate food insecurity of the vulnerable group such as women, its impact on the food security status of female-headed rural households has not been well documented. Accordingly, the present study aims to evaluate the effect of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on the food security of female-headed farm households. The study employs the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) method to identify the comparable beneficiary and non-beneficiary sample households. The study finding indicates that PSNP improves the food security status of female-headed farm households. Moreover, the study suggested that the food security status of the beneficiary household is better than the non-beneficiary household even after controlling the potential heterogeneity. Based on the findings of the present study, we recommend that PSNPs should focus on building a sustainable income-generating livelihood system.

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  • Belainew Belete & Tadele Bayu, 2023. "Does Social protection improve female-headed households’ food security in Ebinat district, Ethiopia," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 2210854-221, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:11:y:2023:i:1:p:2210854
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2210854
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