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This project work analyse how house rent burden can influence the food security status of household. Give highlight that it is not simply the income entering a household that control the resources available for food but also the financial burden of mandatory expense like rent. Empirical evidence from the survey indicates that the burden exert up on rental cost can influence the food status of household.

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Temesgen Bayisa Current Address: Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Graduating Master´s degree in project planning and management from Debremarkos university, and B.Sc. in economics from Mekele university with great distinction.

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