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    Determinants of Commercialaization of “Enset” Products: Geta Woreda, Gurage Zone, Centeral Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-10) Habtamu Abebe; Birhanu Denu (PhD)
    The study was aimed to investigating the commercialization level and factor affecting the commercialization of Kocho producers. The study was essentially use primary data that was collected from 186 randomly selected farmers through structured and semi-structured questionnaire. Both descriptive statistics and econometric model was used. Tobit model were used to identify the determinants of commercialization. The result of Tobit regression model shown that educational level of household head, livestock owned, equine owned, distance from the nearest market, transport cost, access to credit, cooperative membership and non/off farm income significantly affected commercialization level of Kocho producers. The study recommends provision of zone and regional agricultural office to advertise in international and local market Ensets are drought tolerance plant and kocho is organic food. It is essential to improve commercialization. Key words: Commercialization, Kocho, Tobit, Gurage zone, Geta distric