Abstract: Chronic food insecurity is one of the main problems which affected millions of Ethiopians for centuries. In 2005, to solve the problem of food insecurity and move away from the previous system of annual emergency appeals, the Ethiopian government in collaboration with development partners launched social protection program called productive safety net program. This study was conducted to identify factors affecting participation in productive safety net program and to evaluate its i...
Abstract: Several decisions are made by farm households with family members who contribute labor, time, and knowledge, and by those who have stake in all activities of households. These members mainly include the household head (male or female), spouse, productive youth, and the elderly. Rural women in the developing world in general and throughout Ethiopia in particular make critical contributions to household agricultural production and consequently to household and national food security....
Abstract: Sorghum is an important crop in Mieso Woreda. It has been producing traditionally using oxen plowing, sowing by broadcasting and threshing by animals. The grain is used for human consumption and the stover for animal fodder. Using improved high yielding crop varieties for agro pastoral households remains an option to increase agricultural production and ensure food security in developing countries. This study investigated improved Sorghum varieties adoption by agro pastoral househo...
Abstract: In developing countries, micro and small enterprises are recognized as important vehicles of economic growth, employment creation, income generation and poverty reduction. This study aimed at identifying the determinants of micro and small enterprises participation in business development services in Jigjiga city of Somali region. Random selection of 127 micro and small enterprises from the city was chosen to collect primary data, although only 123 Enterprises responded. Data were ...
Abstract: Goats are important to the socioeconomic wellbeing of the pastoralists in Moyale district in terms of nutrition, income and intangible benefits. However, the development of the subsector faces challenges such as information about market actors, what determines goat market participation and supply, information about market margin and outlet preference. Therefore, this study was aimed to analyze goat market chain in Moyale district. Both primary and secondary data were used for the s...
Abstract: irrigation dams from small-scale up to large-scale irrigation scheme so as to reduce the frequent drought, food insecurity and poverty problems. Koga large-scale irrigation is part of these initiatives for rural farmers and intended to achieve poverty reduction goals. However, less attention is given for large-scale irrigation schemes for rural farmers in the country. The main objective of this study was to examine the impact of Koga-large scale irrigation scheme on poverty status ...
Abstract: This study analysed the marketing chain of groundnut in Gursum District, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Data used in the study were collected from 155 groundnut producers with the aid of semi structured questionnaire using three stage sampling technique in 2014/15. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics; gross-margin analysis, measures of market concentration and regression analysis. Concentration ratios (4-firm) were employed in measuring the market concent...
Abstract: Medium and large scale dairy processing firms operate at less than full capacity due to lack of market or non-market coordination along dairy marketing channel. The objective of this study was analysis dairy products marketing channel in Ada’a Berga District West Shewa Zone Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. The study used cross sectional data collected in 2018 from a sample of 123 smallholder farmers selected through three stage sampling technique and 48 traders selected ...
Abstract: Sesame is world most important exportable cash crop. This study attempted to analyze sesame value chain in Gida Ayana district, East wollega zone of Oromia National Regional State, Ethipoia. The data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data for this study were collected from 122 farmers and 30 traders using semi-structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, value chain analysis, and econometric model were used to analyze the data. The major acto...
Abstract: Expanding non-farm income generating sources for drought prone subsistence farmers plays a significant role in reducing deep rooted poverty, minimizing chronic household food security as well as enhancing resilience building and climate change adaptation capacities of rural communities. This study intended to identify household level determinants of participation in non-farm income generating activities (NFIGA) among smallholder farmers of rural Dire Dawa Administration (DDA), East...
Abstract: This study evaluated the impact of participation in rural-urban and international migration on vulnerability to rural multidimensional poverty, and crop production efficiency of migrant sending households in southern Ethiopia. It also quantified the extent and examined the determinants of rural multidimensional poverty and vulnerability to rural multidimensional poverty. In the year 2021, data were collected from 415 sample households using stratified random sampling. While the par...
Abstract: Despite, increasing the agricultural sector's productivity is seen as the main path out of poverty in the country; Ethiopia has not yet realized its full agricultural potential as farming practices are still subsistence-oriented. In this regard, Cluster Farming (CF) is practiced more recently as an effort to transform subsistence farming. However, little is known about CF in the study areas. To this end, this study aimed at identifying the determinants of cluster farming participat...
Abstract: Despite the designed policy strategies for boosting agricultural productivity, the production and productivity was remained very low in Ethiopia. A key theme and policy priority for increasing farm productivity is addressing smallholder farmers' limited and variable crop yields in line with their productive capacity. Therefore, this study was developed to identify the technical efficiency level, assessing factors affecting the adoption of improved wheat varieties and its impact on ...
Abstract: Video-mediated extension is among the ICT based approaches employed recently to support agricultural extension and advisory services towards the promotion of improved technologies and practices. Despite a growing interest and expectations from this approach to address the major limitations of the conventional extension system, there is limited rigorous empirical evidence on its effectiveness in agricultural extension and advisory services. The purpose of the study was to assess the...
Abstract: The study was aimed to analysis the market chain and to identify factors affecting farmer’s participation decision and the level of participation in the groundnut markets in Fedis district. Quantitative and qualitative data types were collected from both primary and secondary data sources for the study. Methodologically, this study used cross-sectional data gathered from sample households during a single cropping season in 2022-2023. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to d...