Ethiopia

The team greatly appreciates the hospitality in offering the team the use of regional FSO offices and meeting rooms and the time that Food Security Officers spent working closely with each of the assessment teams in the respective regions. [...] Finally, we wish to acknowledge the generosity and hospitality of the communities and the thousands of households that opened their homes to our teams, took the time to explain their lives to us, patiently responded to question after question, and participated in very long facilitated discussions. [...] Finally, in an effort to enhance the effectiveness of ongoing food security programs in Ethiopia, the study offers recommendations for improving linkages between existing government and non-government interventions in order to improve the targeting, implementation and monitoring of food security programs at the national, regional and local levels. [...] Purpose and Objectives of the Study The overall purpose of the current study is to provide insight into how to best support the transition of the chronically food insecure into a state of self-resiliency at both the household and community levels. [...] The sustainable livelihoods approach also allows the study to look beyond the central issue of food security to achieve a deeper understanding of the root causes of vulnerability and the role of social capital in defining resilience.