Browsing by Author "Ayele, Gezahegn (PhD)"

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    The Determinants of Modern Agricultural Inputs Adoption and their Productivity in Ethiopia (The Case of Amhara and Tigray Regions)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2006-07) Gebru, Ashenafi; Ayele, Gezahegn (PhD)
    The role of the agricultural sector in terms of its contribution to the Ethiopian economy is very immense. Further, the success and failure of the Ethiopian economy is highly correlated to the performance of this sector. But, still now, the sector is operated by traditional means of production and well known for its backwardness. Hence, to accelerate the sector’s growth and increase its contribution to the overall economic growth and securing the food self sufficiency objective of the country, the application of modern inputs in the sector plays a great role. This paper mainly aims at identifying those factors which significantly contribute to the adoption decision of modern agricultural inputs by the farmers and their productivity. To this end, the data collected by EDRI in 2001/2002 is used. In order to identify the significant factors contributing to the farmers’ adoption decision, the logit model is used. The factors contributing to productivity are identified using the Cobb- Douglas production function model. It is found that farmers endowed with better resources are better adopters in both Amhara and Tigray regions. The distance of input delivery institutions from the household, extension contact of the farmers and agro-ecological conditions are also major determinants of the adoption decision in both regions. Further, the socioeconomic status of the farmers and the education levels of the household head’s are significant in Amhara regions. The impact of land size, the ownership of oxen and agro-ecological conditions to the productivities of farmers in both regions are significant. Further, other sources of income than agriculture, access to credit and ownership of radio are significant determinants of productivity in Tigray. But in the case of Amhara region, whether the farmer is adopter or not, whether there is sick family member in the household and the socio-economic status affect the productivity of farmers.
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    Organic Coffee Production-And Sustainable • Agriculture (A Socio- Ecological Analysis) A Case Study In Limmuu Kossaa District
    (Addis Ababauniversity, 2006-07) Tihune, Asfaw; Ayele, Gezahegn (PhD)
    Coffee used 10 be Ihe main agricullural commodily of Ihe counlry for long period The Illsl Ihim' yellrs have experienced repeated fall in price 01 Ihe global markel. This has affeeled Ihe COllll lI )"'S foreign exchange earn ings ill general and smallholder producers in parriel/lur. Ahout ~5% of !he populalions who direc!ly or indireclly depend on coffee induslry lieI'd 10 search for allot her allernalille means of being competitive. As a value-added crop. (}/',{!,Clllic ('(~tl('(' is ('oplUrtng higher premium price on global and fa ir-trade morkelS. This ('ose sflldy is co"ducled (II Li/JllJlulI Kooss(/(J Disfricl . .Jimmaa Zone ofOomiyaa Natiollal Regional C()rerlllllen/ with Ihe ()/~i<'Cl il 'l.! (~f aSI.e.ss ing (lie socio-ecologicol impact of organic coffee production on the sustailillhility of al!ricultural development in the area. Three coffee producilll! sites were selected. Each site is sampled with characteristic attributes relevan! () organic coffee production, cooperative membership, non-organic coffee praduclion and non-cooperalive members/tip. The sludy employed a socio-ecological analysis of organic coffee produclion in conlr05I to nonorganic way of coffee production Socio-ecological analysis comprises ecological, economical, social and institutional components to be investigated The impacts of these components on environmental sustainability, optimal produclion and equity are measured. The slUdy disclosed that organic coffee production is ecologicolly sound and economically rewarding when cumpared to nOIl-orgonic way of coffee production. Social alld i"s/i/1IIiollal performonces of the 'ystelll of productioll are found to be as poor as in non-organic system of production. The results show that organic coffee produc/ion, as implemented in Baabboo, did not allain social justice alld equity. It ha ,mot yet allained a 'break-away ' from similar cOns/rainS of non-organic system of productiOti. The study cOllcludes that sustaillability of organic coffee produc/ion at Boahboo is confronted with po/ential dangers. It, thus, provides signals of policy implica/ions of the challenges and possible solutions