Food consumption patterns and score among women receiving cash assistance: emergency nutrition response in drought affected pastoralist community eastern Ethiopia

The findings show that the acceptable food consumption score was low among cash-beneficiary women. The government should be maximizing on local food production and animal-sourced food to scale up the acceptable food consumption score. Policies and programs should be enhancing and promoting on sustainable local food products. Moreover, strengthening the policies that promote the welfare of pastoralist women, providing training on women's capacity building, enhancing women's empowerment, and encouraging their participation in the decision-making process are essential to mitigating the problems pastoralist women face.