Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
PLoS One. 2024 Sep 25;19(9):e0308575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308575. eCollection 2024.
Agriculture is the driver of economic growth in many developing countries like Ethiopia, where it often represents at least 25% of gross domestic product. But the quality and productivity of the land depends on the way agriculture is practiced. Better agricultural techniques are necessarily including Productive Safety net Program. Urban Productive Safety Net Program is designed to support the poor households and establish urban safety net mechanisms. While several studies have examined the effects of rural productive safety net programs, the outcomes of similar programs in urban areas are not well documented. This knowledge gap hinders the ability to effectively design and implement urban productive safety net programs. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of urban productive safety net program on asset accumulation and consumption rate in Dessie city. Both primary and secondary data sources were used. A total of 112 households were selected randomly among the public work Urban Productive Safety Net Program beneficiary and non-beneficiary households. Descriptive analysis, inferential statistics and econometric models were used for analysis. Based on the econometric estimation results the demographic and socio-economic variables such as education, access to credit, access to extension services and adult male labor force revealed positive relation to public work urban productive safety net program beneficiary and non-beneficiary household's asset accumulation and consumption. The impact of program participation was also found to be positive and significant for both home asset and community asset. While food and non-food consumption even the total consumption and food security status are also positive. Generally, the result indicated that, due to program participation beneficiary households have higher home asset and community asset and better consumption and food security status.
农业是许多发展中国家（如埃塞俄比亚）经济增长的驱动力，在这些国家，农业通常至少占国内生产总值的 25%。但是，土地的质量和生产力取决于农业的实践方式。更好的农业技术必然包括生产安全网计划。城市生产安全网计划旨在支持贫困家庭并建立城市安全网机制。尽管有几项研究考察了农村生产安全网计划的影响，但类似的城市地区计划的结果并未得到很好的记录。这种知识差距阻碍了有效设计和实施城市生产安全网计划的能力。本研究的主要目的是评估城市生产安全网计划对德西市资产积累和消费率的影响。本研究使用了初级和次级数据来源。在公共工程城市生产安全网计划的受益人家庭和非受益人家庭中，共随机选择了 112 户家庭。采用描述性分析、推断统计和计量经济学模型进行分析。根据计量经济学估计结果，教育、获得信贷、获得推广服务和成年男性劳动力等人口统计和社会经济变量与公共工程城市生产安全网计划受益人和非受益家庭的资产积累和消费呈正相关。计划参与对家庭资产和社区资产的影响也被发现是积极和显著的。虽然食品和非食品消费甚至总消费和粮食安全状况也是积极的。总的来说，结果表明，由于计划参与，受益家庭拥有更高的家庭资产和社区资产，以及更好的消费和粮食安全状况。
