Determinants of oil seeds and pulse export performance in Ethiopia
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2018-08-09
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Addis Ababa University
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The performance of oilseeds and pulse export in Ethiopia encountered a number of influencing factors that deter its performance. Among others Foreign price level, production/productivity, quality of the product, Infrastructure/rural feeder road availability and real effect exchange rate are supposed to be critical. The major objective of this study was to identify and analyze to what extent those major determinants affect the performance of oilseeds and pulse export in Ethiopia. Multiple leaner regressions are employed using SPSS version 20 software to examine the effects of the selected variables on the performance of export oilseeds and pulse. From 565, oilseeds and pulse exporters 130 have been taken residing Addis Ababa and Adama towns using simple random sampling (Carvalho’s Sample Size Determination table)technique as primary sources of data. The findings implied that the foreign price level’ production/productivity, quality of the product and real effect exchange rate were found to be positively and significantly affect export performance. Whereas, and Infrastructure/rural feeder road were found not to be as such influential factors to deter performance of oilseeds and pulse export in Ethiopia. Based on the findings of the study it were recommended that enhancing productivity, keeping quality of the product, making stable foreign exchange rate and improve the foreign price level areall important.
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performance, determinants, significant pulse