POVERTY IN ZEGHE PENINSULA, NORTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA: MAGNITUDE, CAUSE, MANIFESTATION

Poverty with its multi-faceted nature is widespread in Zeghe peninsula. With a different farming system, Zeghe peninsula is found to host large proportion of people who fall below poverty line. Some household members are compelled to adopt precarious measures like migration. Paradoxically, Zeghe peninsula is endowed with various natural resource endowments. Cultivation of coffee constitute the major source of income for households of the peninsula. Households also augment their income from sale of fruits and firewood, fishing from lake Tana, petty trading, and bee keeping. Livestock production is uncommon with the exception of sheep fattening and breeding and chicken rearing. This piece of work make an investigation on the magnitude, determinants and manifestations of poverty in the area and came up with an interesting findings.