Contribution of Rice Techenology Adoption in Ensuring Rural Household Food Security: The Case of Chawaka District, Western Oromia, Ethiopia
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The objective of this study was to assess the role and contribution of improved rice technologies in
ensuring rural households’ food security enhancement in Chewaka district in Oromia regional
state. For this study three kebels were randomly selected and 178 respondents were sampled. Both
descriptive and econometrics analysis were employed. In order to evaluate household food
security, household food balance model were employed, Tobit model was used to assess rate and
intensity of adoption and logit model was used for determining factors affecting household food
security and adoption of rice technology and also ordered econometric analysis took place to
categorize and determine the factors affecting household food security status. Results of
descriptive analysis showed that adopters of improved rice varieties as compared with nonadopters are characterized by having better agricultural extension and educational status,
younger age , smaller family size than none adopter four variables are found to significantly
determine adoption and intensity of improved rice varieties .those are education level, member
ship in cooperative ,access to credit affects positively while family size affects negatively. Factors
affecting food security of household indeed adoption of improved verity, membership in,
cooperative are those which have positive impact and proportion of land for IRV training has
negative impact. Finally, household food security classified into four categorized by ordered
logistic regression in to food secured, moderately in secured, severely in secured and food in
secured. The study concludes that socioeconomic factor had significant effect on adoption of IRV
whereas they also influence household food security status. The research Recommended that
recommends that rice production programs should be designed to improve the intuitional and
socioeconomic characteristics of rice farmers in the area and promotion of Agricultural
mechanization and food science research interventions be strengthened more Seed multiplication
and dissemination of improved varieties should be given due attention.
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Food security, intensity, adoption of technology, IRV