Impact of Adoption of Soil Bund on Grain Production: The Case of Kilie Water Shed Area, Lume Woreda Ethiopia
| dc.contributor.advisor | Demeke, Mulat (Dr) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sefere, Yohannes | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-18T11:10:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-04T10:29:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-18T11:10:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-04T10:29:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study is undertaken in Kilie watershed area found in Lume woreda, Oromia Regional State. The paper focused on analyzing the factors that influence the adoption of soil bund on grain production using cross-sectional data collected in 2007 on randomly selected 141 households having 520 plots. The data included in the analysis comprises both socio-economic factors at household level and biophysical variables atfarm plot level. Probity and impact evaluation econometric models were used to determine the factors affecting the adoption decision behavior of the farm household and the impact of adoption on grain production respectively. The result of the probit model showed that sex of the household head, farming experience, training on soil and water conservation practices, land size, plot slope, labour-land ratio, size of livestock, person-land ratio and distance of plot from residence found to be significant. In the second model, the regression analysis was run by classifying the crops grown by the farmers into three categories: for the whole crops, for the main crop (tejj) and other crops (excluding teff). The result indicated that in all of the three cases the impact of adoption of soil bund on crop production has positive sign, however, it was significant (at 5% level of significance) only for teff. In the case of whole crops and other crops, the variable soil and water conservation practice is not significantly different from zero. The other variables that have significant influence on the value of crop production include: sex of the household's head and the major factors of production (fertilizer, land size, family labor and draught power). Two main policy implications can be emerged from the study. To expand the adoption of the conservation practice the government should strengthen the program in the area. To encourage the probability of adoption and intensity of use, research on improved soil and water conservation techniques should play attention to the provision of tangible short term benefits. The second is to stimulate the adoption of soil and water conservation practices farmers should be provided with short term training. The training will help them to use the technology effectively and in sustainable way. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/27230 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | A.A.U | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kilie Water Shed Area | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lume Woreda | en_US |
| dc.title | Impact of Adoption of Soil Bund on Grain Production: The Case of Kilie Water Shed Area, Lume Woreda Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |