Abstract:
Proper poverty measurement and identification of consumption-based rural poverty determinants
are the key steps to formulate proper rural poverty reduction strategies. The general rural poverty
profile did not specifically address rural household income poverty, and yesterday is not today in
the changing environment. To overcome the rural poverty problem, area-specific research data is
relevant. So this research was conducted at Beyeda woreda, North Gondar zone of Ethiopia in
2021. The objective of this research is to analyze the extent of rural poverty and identify the
determinants of rural income poverty at the household level. To collect the data, 184 households
were selected from 4 representative kebeles by a simple random sampling technique. The
respondents' primary data were gathered through an interview schedule and a focus group
discussion. The secondary data was collected from reports, journals, proceedings, and books.
The collected data was analyzed using statistical techniques such as the t-test, chi-square test,
and binary logit. To measure the extent of rural poverty, consumption-based poverty
measurement approaches were applied. The food and non-food consumption poverty lines
calculated by the cost of basic needs approach were 4684.7 birr per AE per year and 1245.3 birr
per year per AE respectively. The rural poverty headcount index was 57.1 percent, the poverty
gap was 20.9 percent, and the severity of poverty was 10.1 percent, respectively. A binary logit
analysis result shows that distance to market access had a significant and positive relationship
with consumption-based rural poverty, but age of household, tropical livestock unit, family size,
and irrigation access had a significant and negative relationship with income rural poverty.
Consumption-based rural poverty is deep and complex in the study area. A one-dimensional
poverty reduction strategy should be launched specifically to reduce asset-based and
consumption-based rural poverty in the woreda. Irrigation and livestock activities should expand
at the community as well as the household level.
Key words: Determinant, extents, rural poverty, binary logistic model, Ethiopia.