Effect of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices on Income and Food Security of Wheat and Teff Grower Farmers in Gimbichu Woreda, Oromia, Ethiopia
dc.contributor.advisor | Mekuriaw PhD, Abate | |
dc.contributor.author | Ghimbi, Kena | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-12T07:38:34Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-18T09:56:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-12T07:38:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-18T09:56:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | Crop production does play an important role in Ethiopia's economy by generating income as well as fulfilling the need of food. Gimbichu Woreda, is one of the potential area for crop production in Oromiya Regional state. Climate change impact has threatened this potential production area from time to time. Because of this, farmers are observed adopting different practices, i.e., climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices in the woredas of FAO, that help them to reduce the impacts and enhance the resilience of the farming system.. This study was aimed to assess the intensity of adoption, effect of adoption on food security and income of farming households and to identify the determinants of adoption intensity of CSA practices in Gimbichu woreda, East Shewa of Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia. Multistage sampling techniques were employed to select study area (Gimbichu woreda) and household respondents. A total of 204 households were selected using purposive sampling method and household survey was also conducted with structured questionnaire. Multiple linear regression models was used to analyze the effect of CSA adoption intensity on income and food security and to identify the factor that affect adoption intensity on income and food security and to identify the factors that affect adoption intensity. It was found that reducing tillage, crop diversification practices which include ( new crops and crop varieties, pest resistance, high yielding, drought tolerant and short season varieties) and crop rotation are the most widely adopted practices with 99.5%, 97.5% and 90.2% households practicing them, respectively. Whereas, tree based conservation agriculture was the least adopted practice with (15.7%) household practicing it. It could be concluded that high intensity level of climate smart crop production adopter households are likely better off in food security and income status. From targeted determining factors sex of household head, family labor size, farm land size, extension service, participation of social institutions, distance to market where buy agricultural input, accessing weather information, possessing irrigation and off-farm income are statistically significant at 0.05 level of significant in relation to adoption intensity of the practices. It could be concluded that high intensity level of climate smart crop production adopter households are likely better off in food security status. Finally, it could be recommended that every stakeholder in the sector (Agriculture) should better understand and take into account the factors that were identified in the study while implementing the climate smart crop production. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/22657 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
dc.subject | CSA, Food security, Income, Adoption intensity | en_US |
dc.title | Effect of Climate Smart Agriculture Practices on Income and Food Security of Wheat and Teff Grower Farmers in Gimbichu Woreda, Oromia, Ethiopia | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |