Impacts of Adoption of Hidase Improved Wheat variety on Wheat Productivity and Income among Households of Siyadebrina Wayu Woreda, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Regional State of Ethiopia
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Though, agro ecologically Ethiopia has high potential for wheat production its average productivity is too
low compared to the potential productivity and world’s average yield/ha. This is on the one hand due to low
yielding cultivars and serious wheat diseases like rusts, and on the other hand low adoption rate of high
yielding and rust disease resistant wheat varieties. The study conducted in Siyadebrina Wayu Woreda with
the objectives of identifying the determinants of adoption of HIWV, and wheat productivity and income
impacts of the adoption on adopter wheat producers, using cross-sectional data of the production year
2017.153 sample hhs (97 treated and 56 controlled households) has been determined. The study used both
primary and secondary data. The primary data were obtained from a household survey of 153 farmers using
a semi-structured questionnaire. About 20 variables considered to influence adoption of improved wheat
production technology. These are households’ number of oxen, home-farm distance, farm size, extension
contact, age of households’ head, households’ labor size, wheat farming experience, market-home distance,
farm fertility, livestock ownership, farm slope, income, source of land ,sex of households’ head , level of
education of households’ head ,HHs numbers of plots , access to credit , field participation and
memberships in associations. Of which the first seven variables that fit to the model were used for running
probit model. Five of these variables (except home-farm distance and age of households’ head) found to be
significant at 1% and less than 5% level of significance in determining the probability of adoption. The
impact of adoption on wheat productivity and income has been assessed using PSM of probit model.
According to PSM result: on average wheat productivity in Q/ha of participant households has been
increased by 21.9921 Q/ha – 23.543 Q/ha. Similarly on average income from wheat production of
participant households has been increased by 37108.031 - 40769.762 ETB. Generally, overcoming credit
market failure and particularly providing credit services to farmers that have fewer oxen and slower rate of
adoption; Institutional supports including research and extension services providing to the sector and
generating/engendering high yielding varieties that resist wheat diseases and maintain high yielding for a
long are recommendations of the study to enhance adoption and productivity and income gains of adoption.
Key words: Adoption, Impact, HIWV, Wheat Productivity, Income and probit
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Adoption, Impact, HIWV, Wheat Productivity, Income and probit