Determinants Of The Households Food Security Among Cooperative Members The Case Of Awbere District In Somali National Regional State

Many governments, donors, and international aid agencies or developmental organizationsrndispersed millions of dollars for reducing the impact of food insecurity and hunger in developingrncountries including Ethiopia. One of the dominant tools that help reduce poverty at households’rnlevel is promoting the role of cooperative include food security and hunger. The objective of thisrnstudy is to examine the determinants of household food security among the cooperativesrnmembers based on the data collected from 120 respondents selected randomly in OwberarnWoreda, Somali Regional State. The study used both primary and secondary data sources.rnPrimary data was collected through structured questionnaire interview schedule and focus grouprndiscussion while Secondary data was collected from reviewing of various documents related tornthe role of cooperative on food security. A descriptive statistics and econometric model (Binaryrnlogit model) were used for the analysis of the data gathered. The result indicates that the statusrnof food security among cooperative members significantly influenced by factors such as age ofrnthe household head, education, total livestock owned by the household and sex of the householdrnhead. The findings of the study also shows that, households employ arrange of coping strategiesrnduring food insecurity including sale of firewood and charcoal and sale of livestock,. Generallyrnthe findings of the study suggests that there is a need to improve their educational level byrnbringing education intervention programs and to improve livestock production and productivityrnthrough provision of veterinary drug services, sustainable forage development programs ,rnimproving the capacity of community animal health workers . Moreover the study pointed outrnmajor problems effecting food security among cooperative members such as low level ofrncooperative’s performance , climatic shocks, poor rain fall, structural problems , drought andrnclimate change Therefore , cooperative management is recommended to give appropriaternattention to make members of cooperative skilled members through training, investing in humanrncapital of the cooperative members and give enough credit facility to improve the performancernof cooperative members and to improve their educational level by bringing educationrnintervention programs and to improve livestock production and productivity through provision ofrnveterinary drug services, sustainable forage development programs , improving the capacity ofrncommunity animal health workers

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