Impact of productive safety net program on food security of beneficiary households in western Ethiopia: A matching estimator approach.

ABSTRACT: From various Ethiopian government food security strategies, the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) is one of the strategies to improve households' consumption. As a result, the government needs to know the outcome of the program intervention for further decisions in similar poverty reduction strategies. This study examined the impact of Productive Safety Net Program intervention on food security of rural households in rural western Ethiopia. A cross-sectional survey data were gathered from a total of randomly selected 188 beneficiary and non-beneficiary sample households. Key informants interviews and focus group discussions were employed to triangulate household survey results. A Chi-square test was employed to compare the households' food security status. The propensity score matching

SUBMITTER: Hailu AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782465 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature