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    Identification of Urban Agricultural Activities and Estimation of the Production Using Two Stages Sampling Design the Case of East Gojam Zone (Amhara Region
    (Addis Abeba university, 2000-06) Ayalew, Firew; Koroto, Tadewos(PhD)
    Agriculture is the major sector of the Ethiopian economy and it contributes about 50 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). So far all the concel'lled agencies have been estimating the national agricultural production by considering only the rural areas. That is, they disregard the contributionji'omthe urban areas. Agriculture in urban areas has been studied in different countries in their Agricultural Census or as ad hoc survey for the purpose of estimating agricultural production, for concel'l1s aboul hygiene problems and urban development. Urban agriculture in Ethiopia has not been studied yet, and as a result there is a statistical gap in the agricultural sector. This study is a preliminaJY baseline survey and is based on prill/aJy data which were collectedfi'om selected towns of East Gojam Zone. The main objective of this study is to identifY the type of agricultural activities in urban areas of East Gojam Zone and obtain information on these activities. In general it provides benchmark data for agricultural researchers and policy makers. To get this information, a probability two stage stratified sampling design was used. Using this design information was collectedji'om 405 urban agricultural holders. The main results of the study indicate that in East Gojall/ Zone urban agricultural holders are estimated to be 6188, estimated crop production is 12,820.82 quintals with a cultivated area of 1,614.79 hectares. The estimated total land use area is 2,827.90 hectares, estimated domestic animals are 47,480, and other estimates are also obtained. Based on these findings recommendations are provided which lIIay be useful for agricultural researchers, policy makers and other interested agricultural data users