Abstract: This study was conducted to assess climate variability and its impacts on selected crop production in Babile district. To achieve the objective, primary data was obtained using questionnaire, focus group discussion and key informant interviews whereas secondary data were acquired from different published and unpublished documents from various offices of the district. The study also used rainfall and temperature data (1997 – 2016).out of 4875 household heads founds in the selected...
Abstract: In Ethiopia about 93 percent of cultivated area is rain fed and crop production primarily depends on rainfall. Present study was conducted in rain fed Sofi-District of Harari Region. The objectives of the study were to identify factors affecting participation of farmers in irrigation scheme and impact of irrigation on cropping pattern, farm income and human labor employment. The study was based on 260 sample house holds (130 participants in irrigation schemes and 130 non-participan...
Abstract: This study analyzed production efficiency, post-harvest loss and marketing of sesame in Kafta Humera district of Tigray region, Ethiopia. It was specifically aimed to address the research gaps by measuring technical, allocative and economic efficiencies and their determinants, measuring post-harvest loss and analyzing its determinants and market performance of sesame in Kafta Humera District. For addressing these objectives the study used primary and secondary data obtained from fi...
Abstract: Dairy enterprises are one of the most important sources of economic growth. This makes enterprises a major area of concern for government and nongovernment organizations with varieties of development objectives. However, studies in both academic and policymaking circles on the production efficiency, financial performance and impact of dairy enterprises on employment creation and income generation were limited. This study sought findings on production efficiency, financial performan...
Abstract: As market exchange increases, there should be institutional set-ups that facilitate transaction of products especially products like milk and milk products that need immediate exchange due to their nature of being easily exposed to spoilage. Despite this importance of institutional environments and arrangements in dairy marketing, studies focusing on institutional analysis of dairy marketing have not been done in the study area. Thus, the study was conducted in Bahir Dar milk shed ...
Abstract: In Ethiopia, teff (Eragrostis tef) is an important cereal crop, particularly in Shashamane district as source of food and cash income for majority of the smallholder farmers. However, the supply of teff in the study area still cannot satisfy the existing market demand and also efforts to enhance smallholders’ participation in cereal market in general and teff in particular, through surplus production have been made, but there is dearth of information on the status of market parti...
Abstract: Food insecurity is a recurrent phenomenon in Ethiopia. To reverse this phenomena investment on variety development and dissemination of improved teff varieties to farmers have been made by regional and national agricultural research institutes. Even though efforts on disseminating improve teff varieties have been made in the area, there is no empirical evidence those varieties that brings on food security. Moreover, previous studies employ propensity score matching which could not ...
Abstract: Climate change is causing the greatest environmental, social and economic threats across the globe. Its impact has been increasing especially on agricultural activities in developing countries. It depresses crop yields through temperature increase and reductions of precipitation. Climate change mainly affected low-income countries where their adaptive capacities are perceived to be low, due to weak institutional capacity, limited engagement in environmental and adaptation issues an...
Abstract: Ethiopia is known to be one of the food insecure countries in the world. One way of solving the food insecurity problem is through enhancement of efficiency in agricultural production in general and in wheat production in particular. This study was conducted with the general objective; of assessing the economic efficiency of smallholder wheat producers in the Robe District of Arsi zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Both primary and secondary data sources were used for this stud...
Abstract: Milk is an important dairy product, particularly in Yabello district and generally in the pastoral area of Ethiopia. It is a source of food and cash income for the majority of the smallholder milk producers. Especially for poor households, transforming the subsistence-oriented production system into a market-oriented production system serves as a way to increase the smallholder farmer’s income and reduce rural poverty. This needs a deliberate improvement in smallholder commercial...
Abstract: The importance of agricultural technology in enhancing the welfares of farmers can be realized when yield gain from the technologies results in meaningful income gain. This xv thesis aimed at analyzing adoption and intensity of adoption of improved soybean variety and to assess economic impact of improved soybean (Bellessa-95) variety on income among farm households in Bambasi woreda. In this study a multi-stage stratified sampling technique was employed to select rural kebeles and...
Abstract: Rice is among the most important cereals grown in different parts of Ethiopia as food crop. The country is characterized with immense potentials for growing the crop. This study was aimed at analyzing rice market performance and supply by smallholder farmers in Guraferda District, Southwestern Ethiopia. Primary and secondary data were used for the study. The data were collected from 120 rice producer farmers selected through three stage sampling technique and 35 traders selected pu...
Abstract: This study examined the determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in and income from non-farm activities. In case of Daro Labu district, West Hararghe zone Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Data for the study was collected using structured questionnaires from 160 randomly selected farm households and secondary data from different source. Determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in non-farm activities and the income derived from non-farm activities wer...
Abstract: Weather index based insurance has been one of the recommended risk transfer mechanisms to support smallholders in coping with production risks. The objectives of this study were to identify the factors affecting farm households’ WTP for crop insurance and estimate the mean amount of farmers’ willingness to pay for the proposed insurance scheme in the study area. To do this, a multi stage simple random sampling techniques was used to select 153 sample households from three sampl...
Abstract: (Two stages least square model and multivariate probit model) were used to analyze the collected data. Results confirmed that input suppliers, producers, rural assemblers, wholesalers, flour factories, retailers, primary cooperatives, bakeries, flour wholesalers, flour retailers, consumers and supportive actors were identified as wheat value chain actors in this study. The chain is governed mainly by flour factories. Eleven market channels were identified for wheat. Total gross mar...