The Role of Urban Vegetable Production to the Livelihoods Enhancement of Producers in Addis Ababa: Examination of Food, Employment and Income Effects

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This study examined how vegetable production supplements food and income for residents of urban Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, using household-level quantitative data analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. Of respondents, 99.2% said vegetable production provides fresh food for their households, 41.9% earned up to 10,000 birr per production cycle, and 30.7% of producers hired up to ten employees, with seeds and pesticides being the more expensive inputs; multivariate analysis found households earning around 10,000 birr per production cycle were significantly affected by farming in residential areas (p = 0.008), and households were found to prioritize food consumption over profiting from sales.