Improved Forage Technologies Adoption and its Impact on Smallholder Dairy Productivity: The Case of Debrelibanose, Woreda, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
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2021-10
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Adoption of improved forage technologies is one in every of the measures presumed to
boost dairy productivity and farm income given potential promotions of the crops. In
light of this premise, the objective of the research is to examine factors affecting
improved forage technology adoption and impact on smallholder dairy productivity in
Ethiopia evidence from Debre Libanose woreda, North Shoa zone, Oromia regional
state. The study used cross-sectional design. A multistage stratified sampling procedure
was employed to draw 319 sample households from one woreda and three kebeles.
Within the selected kebeles sample respondent households were categorized into two
groups using a random sampling approach (adopters and non-adopters). In this
particular study, both primary and secondary data were gathered. Primary data was
collected using KI interview, focus group discussions and cross-sectional survey from
sample households (128 adopters and 191 non-adopters). Descriptive statistics and
econometric models were employed to analyze the collected data. The statistical models
namely, binary logistic regression, Tobit and propensity score matching were used to
determine factors affecting the decision of farm households who participate (adopt)
improved forage technologies, extents of improved forage technology adoption and
impact of technology adoption on household income respectively. The binary logistic
regression result revealed that age, education, market distance, extension contact,
participation in training; field day and improved cattle ownership were significant
factors affecting the likelihood of adoption of improved forage technology positively and
significantly. Similarly, results from Tobit model estimates revealed that education,
distance to market, extension contact, field day and improved cattle ownership were
positively and significantly affect the intensity use on improved forage technology while
age of the household head had negatively and significant influence on the intensity use of
improved forage technologies. The result from PSM estimation revealed that adoption of
improved forage technology had significant impact on milk yield and farm income of the
treated households compared to the control groups. The estimated ATT reveled that,
improved forage technology adoption has increased dairy productivity (milk yield) and
farm income of household (in line with farm income, keeping other farm income constant
for both the treated and controls) by 29.32 % and 19.56 %, respectively, and the result is
statistically significant at 5% (t-value =2.49; P=0.05 for yield) and (t=2.02; P=0.05 for
farm income).The study concludes that improved forage technology adoption has
remarkable effect on the dairy productivity and livelihood of smallholder farmers’ status.
Finding of this study suggests that improved forage technology is one of the viable
solutions to improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers in the study area by increasing
income from livestock. Therefore, policy interventions giving priority to the variables
mentioned above that stimulate improved forage technology adoption thereby improve
their livelihood are recommended.
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Adoption, Debre Libanose, Forage technology, Impact, yield, Income, PSM