Famine and Survival Strategies: A Case Study from Northeast EthiopiaWhat do peasants do in the face of severe food crisis and ecological stress, and how do they manage to survive on their own? This study revolves around a case study conducted by the author in the awraja (district) in the Ambassel Wollo province in northeastern Ethiopia. This is in the region that was hit hardest by the 1984-85 famine, which Rahmato calls "the worst tragedy rural Ethiopia had ever experienced". The author also critically examines other literature on famine response. The focus of this study is on what happens before famine comes, and how the peasants prepare for it. From a wealth of evidence, the author concludes that the seeds of famine are sown during the years of recovery. |
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Abbreviations | 7 |
Objectives of the Study | 13 |
Organization of the Study | 35 |
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Addis Ababa Addis Ababa University African agencies Alamata Ambassel awraja Ambassel peasants Ambassel woreda Amharic assets Aussa behaviour belg Birr Borena cattle cent centres crops death degga Dessie Zuria disaster discussion divination draught animals drought early warning economic emergency Ethiopia Ethiopian Highlands extension agents famine response farm food crisis food shortages Gojjam Gondar grain Haiq harvest highland household hunger Illubabor provinces important interviews involved kebbelae Kombolcha Korem labour land large number Lasta livestock loss meher ment migration NEERNDRC NGOs noted number of peasants oxen peasantry peasants period plants plots ploughing population practice production Qallu awraja Qobbo rains region relatively relief Report rural areas rural Ethiopia season seeds sell shelter Shoa social sold sources surplus survival strategies Table teff Tehulederae tion traditional urban Wadla Wichalae Wollo Wollo peasants Wollo province women Worebabo woreda woyna-degga Yejju