Agricultural Extension
Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa; Maria Sassi
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Summer 2018, , Pages 139-146
Abstract
Small farms and smallholder farming systems play crucial roles in agricultural development in many developing countries. From the various rural development programs designed to support such farming systems, agricultural extension services are of at most importance. However, the benefit that farmers obtain ...
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Small farms and smallholder farming systems play crucial roles in agricultural development in many developing countries. From the various rural development programs designed to support such farming systems, agricultural extension services are of at most importance. However, the benefit that farmers obtain from these services and the resulting impact depends, to a great extent, by their direct and indirect participation in the services. In this paper, we examined the predictors of participation in agricultural training and demonstration in Haramaya district of eastern Ethiopia. By collecting data from 180 rural households, and employing the Poisson regression, we found that several factors explain farmers’ differential participation in agricultural training and demonstration. In particular, financial capital (farm income, credit), physical capital (value of livestock, value of household asset), and access to services (e.g., veterinary, experience with extension) were significant predictors of participation in agricultural training. Concerning demonstration, human capital (age), physical capital (asset, land), financial capital (farm income, off-farm employment), social capital (networks), and access to services had a significant effect. Based on the findings, some implications for inclusive targeting by agricultural extension programs were put forward.
Habtamu Yesigat
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Summer 2012, , Pages 123-128
Abstract
It is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. Transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in Ethiopia. This study was initiated ...
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It is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. Transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in Ethiopia. This study was initiated to explore the factors which contribute for the adoption of improved wheat and pepper varieties and intensification of the farm in Bure district, Ethiopia. The study took a random sample of 200 households using two stage sampling procedure with a probability proportional to size technique. Descriptive statistics and econometric statistical tools were used for analyzing the data and answering research questions. Different demographic, social, economic and access to institutional support service variables which are theoretically supported to influence the adoption and use of improved technologies and intensification of the farm were used for the logit and multiple linear regression model respectively. Resource endowments of the farm household, institutional factors and socio-economic factors are found to be vital in the decision making for intensification and adoption of improved varieties. It is found that different institutional support services in the rural economy have had significant role to enhance the uptake of technologies and intensification of smallholder agriculture. [H. Yesigat. Transformation in smallholder agriculture through intensification in Ethiopia: determinants and implications. International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology, 2012; 2(3):123-128].
Reta Hailu; Ali Hassen
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Winter 2012, , Pages 1-8
Abstract
This article examines the livelihood strategies of land scarce peasants in Ethiopian. Land scarce
peasants have a limited livelihood security on a sustainable manner and bypassed by major
development programmes. The study was centred on two sets of rationales. First, for those peasants
who do not ...
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This article examines the livelihood strategies of land scarce peasants in Ethiopian. Land scarce
peasants have a limited livelihood security on a sustainable manner and bypassed by major
development programmes. The study was centred on two sets of rationales. First, for those peasants
who do not have sufficient farmland, agriculture provides only a limited portion of households’
livelihood security sustainably. Second, although there are ample studies on rural livelihoods and
agricultural land scarcity, little is known, for instance, about the dynamics of agricultural land scarce
farmers’ livelihood strategies in the Central highlands of Ethiopia. The field study surveyed 75 land
scarce households and conducted a number of key informant interviews, focus group discussions, direct
observations and transect walks to get first hand information and consulted several secondary sources.
The result showed that the respondents are still predominantly pursuing agricultural based livelihood
strategies through agricultural intensification, extensification, and diversifications. It depicted that
29.3%, 42.7 %, and 98.7 % of the respondents derive income from off-farm, non-farm, and agricultural
activities, respectively. They also seasonally migrate outside their village for additional sources of
income. Thus, interventions and policies need to promote sustainable livelihood must consider themfrom agriculture and
through enhancing non-agricultural livelihood diversification activities away
reduce the heavy dependence on limited land.
This article examines the livelihood strategies of land scarce peasants in Ethiopian. Land scarce
peasants have a limited livelihood security on a sustainable manner and bypassed by major
development programmes. The study was centred on two sets of rationales. First, for those peasants
who do not have sufficient farmland, agriculture provides only a limited portion of households’
livelihood security sustainably. Second, although there are ample studies on rural livelihoods and
agricultural land scarcity, little is known, for instance, about the dynamics of agricultural land scarce
farmers’ livelihood strategies in the Central highlands of Ethiopia. The field study surveyed 75 land
scarce households and conducted a number of key informant interviews, focus group discussions, direct
observations and transect walks to get first hand information and consulted several secondary sources.
The result showed that the respondents are still predominantly pursuing agricultural based livelihood
strategies through agricultural intensification, extensification, and diversifications. It depicted that
29.3%, 42.7 %, and 98.7 % of the respondents derive income from off-farm, non-farm, and agricultural
activities, respectively. They also seasonally migrate outside their village for additional sources of
income. Thus, interventions and policies need to promote sustainable livelihood must consider them
through enhancing non-agricultural livelihood diversification activities away from agriculture and
reduce the heavy dependence on limited land.
This article examines the livelihood strategies of land scarce peasants in Ethiopian. Land scarce peasants have a limited livelihood security on a sustainable manner and bypassed by major development programmes. The study was centred on two sets of rationales. First, for those peasants who do not have sufficient farmland, agriculture provides only a limited portion of households’ livelihood security sustainably. Second, although there are ample studies on rural livelihoods and agricultural land scarcity, little is known, for instance, about the dynamics of agricultural land scarce farmers’ livelihood strategies in the Central highlands of Ethiopia. The field study surveyed 75 land scarce households and conducted a number of key informant interviews, focus group discussions, direct observations and transect walks to get first hand information and consulted several secondary sources. The result showed that the respondents are still predominantly pursuing agricultural based livelihood strategies through agricultural intensification, extensification, and diversifications. It depicted that 29.3%, 42.7 %, and 98.7 % of the respondents derive income from off-farm, non-farm, and agricultural activities, respectively. They also seasonally migrate outside their village for additional sources of income. Thus, interventions and policies need to promote sustainable livelihood must consider them through enhancing non-agricultural livelihood diversification activities away from agriculture and reduce the heavy dependence on limited land. [Reta Hailu and Ali Hassen. Livelihood Diversification among the Agricultural Land Scarce Peasants in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology, 2012; 2(1):1-8].
