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Dependent variable
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Y = HHFSS, food security status
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1 if a household is food secure, 0 otherwise
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Independent variables
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X1 = GHH, gender
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1 if a household head is male, 0 otherwise
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X2 = HHA, age
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Household head’s number of years of age
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X3 = FS, family size
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Number of household members
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X4 = NALF, agricultural labor force
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Number of household members participated in agricultural activities
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X5 = OFI, off-farm income
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1 if the income obtained from off-farm income enabled the household to buy food crops, 0 otherwise
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X6 = PS, policy support
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1 if the policy support given to achieve food security is high, 0 otherwise
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X7 = RS, relief support
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1 if a household received relief support, 0 otherwise
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X8 = FE, farm experience
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The number of years the household head has engaged him/herself in farming
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X9 = LR, land redistribution
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1 if food shortage occurred by periodic land redistribution, 0 otherwise
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X10 = AEZ, agro-ecological zone
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1 if food shortage occurred because of their agro-ecological zone where their farmland is located, 0 otherwise
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X11 = FLT, topography
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1 if the farmland topography is gentle, and 0 otherwise
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X12 = soil fertility
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1 if the soil fertility is high, and 0 otherwise
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X13 = ER, erosion
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1 if food shortage is occurred by soil erosion, 0 otherwise
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