Rural Livelihood Strategies And Household Food Security The Case Of Farmers Around Derba Cement Factory Sululta Woreda Oromia Regional State

This study examined the livelihood strategies and food security situation in Sululta woreda by takingrna randomly selected sample of 215 households from three rural kebeles. Mixed research approachrnwas employed and triangulation was vital method of converging concurrently collected data throughrnsurvey, interviews and FGDs. Descriptive statistics were used to describe livelihood strategies whilernmultinomial logistic regression was deployed to explain the determinants of livelihood strategiesrnand the linkage between livelihood strategies and household food security.rnMixed farming is typical of agricultural livelihood of the study households. Though majority of thernhouseholds were confined to agricultural livelihood, the widespread of non-farm activities wasrnobserved. More than half of sample households undertake non-farm livelihood activities either as arnsupplementary or as a main means of living. The distribution of livelihood strategies was not evenrnacross the three agro-ecological conditions selected. Highland kebeles were more likely to intensifyrnagriculture than the lowland which operate more non-farm livelihood and depend on forestrnproducts. The result of multinomial regression showed that land holding, livestock, educationalrnattainment, markets access, gender, and household composition determine the choice of livelihoodrnstrategies. It also revealed the pushing reasons of diversification among households.rnThe effect of climatic vagaries on farmers’ livelihood was complemented by cement investment thatrnencroached on resources of rural people. The majority of households reported their experience ofrnchronic food access insecurity. Relatively, those respondents who engaged in agricultural and nonfarmrnactivities were more food secure than those confined to agriculture or non-farm. Samplernhouseholds with multiple livelihood strategies had diverse food entitlements to support theirrnsustainable consumption. This calls for inclusive policies and strategies that advocate rural non-farmrnactivities which supplement agriculture in pursuit of ensuring household food security in rural areas

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