The Impact of Farmer’s Education on Farm Productivity: Evidence from Small- Scale Rural Maize Farmers in Guangua Woreda, Awi Zone.

Mulugeta Abebe

dc.contributor.author	Mulugeta Abebe
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-16T12:18:44Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-16T12:18:44Z
dc.date.issued	2021-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12049
dc.description.abstract	Improvement of a human competence for agricultural productivity is a pre-requisite for social and economic development for rural areas. Education has been recognized to be a leading device for shaping people’s life and making life important, even at adult age. Thus, the objective of the study is to investigate the impact of education on farm productivity in Guangua Woreda, Awi Zone in Amhara Region. To achieve this objective, the researchers collected primary data by using household survey from the total of 200 samples 142 educated and 58 non educated farm households were selected by using quasi experimental design. To analyze the data, the researchers employed descriptive statistics and inferential statics. To deal with the potential bias due to the existence of observed and unobserved characteristics, the researcher employed Propensity Score Matching (PSM). The propensity score matching model result reveled that education have positive impact on farmers maize productivity. It also verifies the positive impact of non-formal education on maize productivity. In conclusion, both general education and the non-formal education have a positive impact on farm productivity in the study area. This result provides a valuable policy insight in which improving access to diversify and quality farmer’s awareness necessary for the rising maize production in the study area by providing both formal and non-formal education.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.subject	ECONOMICS	en_US
dc.title	The Impact of Farmer’s Education on Farm Productivity: Evidence from Small- Scale Rural Maize Farmers in Guangua Woreda, Awi Zone.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US