Famine and Food Security in Ethiopia: Lessons for Africa Book

	Preface
1	Introduction	1
	Famine as a Development Issue	2
	Aims of this Study	4
	Data Sources and Methodology	6
	Problems in the Study of Famine	7
	Structure of the Book	8
2	When Plenty is Not Enough	10
	Definitions and Conceptual Framework	10
	Manifestations of Famine in Africa	17
	Famine Prevalence in Ethiopia	21
	The Long View of Famine	27
3	The Labyrinth of Famine Causality	31
	Trends in Food Production and Availability	32
	Military Conflict	34
	Drought and Crop Failure	37
	Agricultural Policy of the Marxist Era	41
	Prices and Markets During Famine	47
4	How do Households Cope?	56
	Coping or Suffering?	56
	The Survey Settings	59
	Risk Minimization in a Risky Environment	63
	Risk Absorption	70
	Risk Taking to Survive	79
	Coping with Survival	82
5	The Pastoral Experience	85
	Pastoralism as a Livelihood	85
	Adaptation to Stress in Southern Ethiopia	88
	Coping on the Move	91
	A Pastoral Future?	96
6	Attempts to Reach the Poor	99
	Public Response to Famine	99
	Instruments of Relief and Rehabilitation	101
	Reaching Vulnerable Groups	102
	Employment Schemes	106
	Asset Transfers	116
	Technology Transfers	118
	Public Intervention Costs	120
7	Finally Conquering Famine: the Way Forward	126
	Good Governance	126
	Policies for Growth with a Focus on Agriculture	127
	Active Preparedness	130
	The Twenty-First Century	134
	References	136
	Index	155