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The Effect of Urban Expansion on Food Security threats: The Case of Displaced Peri-urban Farmers of Woldia Town North Ethiopia.
Mekonen Hailu
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@misc{mekonen_hailu_2024_11439,
author = {Mekonen Hailu},
title = {{The Effect of Urban Expansion on Food Security
threats: The Case of Displaced Peri-urban Farmers
of Woldia Town North Ethiopia.}},
month = sep,
year = 2024,
publisher = {National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia},
doi = {10.20372/nadre:11439},
url = {https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:11439}
}
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- Publication date:
- September 10, 2024
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- Abstract Development-induced projects that caused displacement of farmers with insufficient compensation for the lost farmlands are a factor for involuntary migration to urban areas for the search of better employment. These was raised the rate of vulnerability for socio-economic inequalities,. Beside to this, the rural poor having economic hardship in the rural life, lack of employment opportunities and limited future vision of working to way out from poverty are all the major "push" factors for migration in the process of urbanization. The objective of the study was to assess the threats of income of households before and after displacement. This will make the informed decision on the local administration and any development actors. And investigate the food security threats status of farmers after displacement due to the development lead urban expansion. And then look into the government's role in rehabilitation mechanisms. The method of the study was an assessment of the effect of urban expansion on food security threats of displaced farmers by using a well-organized qualitative and quantitative data tracking techniques was taken in the selected respondents from the targeted population by cascading the master list. This helps to describe the current situation of the farmers. I was select the focus group members from each kebele and was hold the mean time to discuss the organized questions. One focus group was hold from each kebele with 12 members. Urbanization though is important and basic place for transitory. As reversely urbanization could have high potential to affect negatively the nearby peri-urban agricultural communities. Accordingly, in Woldia town a total of 1120 farmers were dispossessed for agricultural livelihood assets in favor of urban development. The most affected peri-urban rural kebeles in the process of urban expansion were 4 namely, Adengur Gebreal (07) Jeneto (08) Mehal mecharie(09) Gola mecharie (10). As a matter of fact, the range of landholdings in the study kebeles varied between 0.25 and 4 timads, with an average of 2.25 timads before displacement and 0 to 0.25 timads with an average of 0.25 timads after eviction. Urbanization implied that grasping more arable land .but the study areas comparative advantage is more focus on agriculture. But as we have seen our surroundings, agricultural sector is not given emphasis as urban development. So the Agricultural Adjustments Act will be needed to harmonize agriculture and urban development, to increase yield per small area and to increase off-farm and non -farm activities. Appropriate governing bodies should control urban development in order to control the illegal and informal spread of urbanization on agricultural land that threatens food production.
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