The Contribution Of Urban Productive Safety Net Program On Food Security Of Female Headed Households In Woreda Six Yeka Sub City Addis Ababa City Administration Ethiopia

The study was assessment of the contribution of urban productive safety net program on foodrnsecurity of female headed households in woreda six, yeka sub city, Addis Ababa city administration,rnEthiopia. And with the central objective of the research in mind, the contribution of UrbanrnProductive Safety net Program to the improvement of food security among female headed householdsrnat a given Urban Productive Safety net Program period. Target populations for this study werernfemale headed households of first round Urban Productive Safety net Program beneficiaries inrn‘Woreda’ 06 of “Yeka” sub city who are expected to be gradated this year (2020/2021).rnThe sample size drawn was 219. Applied cross-sectional research design to measure, for thernquantitative part of the study as the sampling technique employed two stage clusters sampling; while,rnpurposive sampling was applied to the qualitative part. Primary information sources were first roundrnbeneficiaries of female headed households and different key informants. Also applied mainly thernfollowing information gathering tools these are household survey, focus group dissections, documentrnreview and direct observation. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data; whereas,rnquantitative data was analyzed by percentage and frequency distribution and paired sample t-test. Asrnof the data presentation, analysis and discussion –Urban Productive Safety net Program hasrnsignificant contribution for improving Income per Adult equivalent per day of female headedrnhouseholds with 95% level of significance. From among 109 of female headed households, who arerndependent of conditional cash transfer, still now 67 of them are under this category of ≤5379.48ETBrnannual household expenditure Per Capita in Birr. And 37 of them were moderately food insecure;rnwhile, 30 of them were mildly food insecure.rnBased on the above findings, to some extent Urban Productive Safety net Program has contributed tornfood access improvement. Finally, based on the findings and the conclusions made before, thernfollowing recommendations are provided: the Woreda’ 06 of ‘Yeka’ sub city, Addis Ababa FoodrnSecurity and Productive Safety net Office should have a trend of consulting beneficiaries in respectrnof their family condition in asset building process And the inadequacy of the cash transfer to meetrntheir basic needs of the beneficiaries should be adjusted in line with the current urban condition inrnorder to help them to move out of poverty.

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