http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/13989 2001-01-13T06:39:02Z 2001-01-13T06:39:02Z Sisay Getaneh http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12945 2022-11-24T08:51:10Z 2021-01-24T00:00:00Z

Drivers to Adoption of Irrigated Fodder Technologies and Its Impact on Smallholder Farmers’ Income: Evidence from Innovation Lab for Small-Scale Irrigation Project Sites, Ethiopia. Sisay Getaneh The low livestock productivity and persistent food insecurity in Ethiopia are important development gaps that need context-specific technological interventions. One of the major causes of low livestock productivity is shortage of feed for year-round livestock feeding. Adoption of improved fodder technologies by smallholder farmers, especially the production of perennial forages with supplemental irrigation, is expected to improve feed resource availability and household income. However, the main drivers to the adoption of fodder technologies and the subsequent impact on income and livelihood of farmers are not well investigated in the smallholder system. Therefore, this study explored the driving factors that influence the adoption of irrigated fodder and estimated the resulting impact on household income. For the analysis, household-level data was obtained from 351 farm households, in the project intervention areas through purposive sampling with stratification. Both primary and secondary data were collected through interviews and scoping review. A probit model was employed to analyze the driving factors and the endogenous switching regression (ESR) model was used to estimate impact. Among the total sample, 51.57% were found to be adopters. The findings suggested that fodder adoption probability increases with irrigated land size, participation in dairy cooperatives, forage seed access, dairy farm experience, education, extension service, number of milking cows, training, and dairy cow breed type, while adoption was affected negatively by age, water use association, and distance to FTC. The ESR model result showed that the adopters’ dairy income and total farm income had increased by 3,975.08 ETB , and 10,427.20 ETB respectively. Whereas non-adopters dairy income and household farm income are decreased by 3,044.41 ETB, and 35,994.58 ETB because of not adopting respectively. This study highlights the importance of strengthening dairy-cooperative and local forage seed production capabilities, as well as market linkage. A comprehensive and integrated approach is needed for better and widespread adoption. Besides, continuous capacity building and follow-up extension support are needed for the adopters to continue adopting and bring non-adopters to adopt the new practices. 1 Keywords: Livestock, irrigated fodder, adoption, impact, farmers, probit, ESR, Ethiopia. 1 ETB is Ethiopian birr currency (purchasing power parity) which is equivalent with 1USD = 40.25 ETB (March month, 2021).

2021-01-24T00:00:00Z Tadele Anagaw http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12930 2022-11-24T09:03:33Z 2022-01-12T00:00:00Z

SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR ZM-GROWTM FOLIAR FERTILIZER: IN CASE OF DANGLA DISTRICT, AWI ZONE, AMHARA REGION, ETHIOPIA. Tadele Anagaw Estimate the economic value of newly discovered agricultural input called ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer is essential for sustainable crop production, correcting soil micronutrient deficiencies and recycling of valuable resources. At Dangla district, deficiency of essential soil micronutrient elements is the major problem for agricultural production and productivity. Specifically, this thesis aimed to estimate smallholder farmers’ mean willingness to pay and identify factors that affect farm households’ willingness to pay for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer at Dangla, Amhara, Ethiopia. For this purpose, both primary and secondary data were used. The primary data were collected from 389 sample households. For descriptive analysis, both descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Tobit regression model and seemingly unrelated bivariate probit model were also employed to estimate the collected data. The result of contingent valuation method indicated that out of the total sample households, 71.72% of total households were willing while 28.28% of the households were non-willing to pay for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer using randomly distributed initial bid prices (100,200,400) ET Birr/lt. Moreover, the result of the tobit regression model showed that education level of the farm household, total annual income, access to credit service, access to agricultural extension service, perception for fertilizer and cost of the existing fertilizer had positive and significant effect on farm households willingness to pay while age of farm households, availability of labour shortage and initial bid price had negative and significant effect on farm households’ willingness to pay for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer. Therefore, stakeholders should be considered these variables when the fertilizer is applied in the study area. Correspondingly, the result of seemingly unrelated bivariate probit model indicated that the mean willingness to pay amount for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer from closed ended format was 121.16 ET Birr per litre per household. On the other hand, the descriptive result of mean willingness to pay amount for open ended format was 161.105 ET Birr per liter per farm household. This suggests a good indicator for the concerned body to try and test the performance of ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer at the study area.

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