The Determinants of Agricultural Technology Adoption and its’ Impact on Teff Productivity in the Case of Amhara and Oromia National Regional State
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Enhancing the productivity of agriculture sector plays a vital role for country like Ethiopia where
reducing poverty and sustaining food security is government’s main agenda. In order to enhance
the productivity of agriculture sector, Ethiopian government promotes adoption of multiple
agriculture technology. However, in most of the rural areas of Ethiopian farmers adopt single and
mix of technology rather than adopting all available practices. As a result, understanding the
determinant of adoption of multiple agricultural technology and its impacts on productivity is
essential to design appropriate policy options for the wider adoption process. Thus, this study
analyzes farmer’s choice of single and combination choice of agricultural technologies (i.e.
improved teff variety, fertilizer and row planting) and evaluates the impact of these technologies
on the productivity of teff. The study used EDRIs' teff value chain data which was collected from
1200 households in Amhara and Oromia regions during 2012. Multinomial logit and endogenous
switching regression models were employed to achieve the above objectives. The result of
endogenus swiching model reveals that adoption of agricultural technologies has a positive and
significant impact on productivity of tef. Moreover the result of the study also shows that full
technology adopters’ are more productive than other alternative technology adopters. According
to the multinomial logit result, technology adoption is positively related with sex, education, soil
fertility, contact with an extension and DAs’ visit. But adoption of agriculture technologies have
negative and significant relation with age, distance to main road, distance to the input and out
market, parcel ownership and farm size. The study recommends that the government should
enhance DAs’ and extension service, increase the access of infrastructure, and encourage women
by giving especial service like credit access, extension service and community discussion to
widespread the adoption of agricultural technologies.
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Agricultural technologies, Ethiopia, Multinomial logit