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Wordofa, M., Sassi, M. (2018). Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Agricultural Training and Demonstration in Ethiopia: Implications for Inclusive Targeting by Agricultural Extension Services. International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology in Extension and Education Systems, 8(3), 139-146.
Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa; Maria Sassi. "Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Agricultural Training and Demonstration in Ethiopia: Implications for Inclusive Targeting by Agricultural Extension Services". International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology in Extension and Education Systems, 8, 3, 2018, 139-146.
Wordofa, M., Sassi, M. (2018). 'Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Agricultural Training and Demonstration in Ethiopia: Implications for Inclusive Targeting by Agricultural Extension Services', International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology in Extension and Education Systems, 8(3), pp. 139-146.
Wordofa, M., Sassi, M. Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Agricultural Training and Demonstration in Ethiopia: Implications for Inclusive Targeting by Agricultural Extension Services. International Journal of Agricultural Science, Research and Technology in Extension and Education Systems, 2018; 8(3): 139-146.

Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Agricultural Training and Demonstration in Ethiopia: Implications for Inclusive Targeting by Agricultural Extension Services

Article 3, Volume 8, Issue 3, Summer 2018, Page 139-146  XML PDF (411.16 K)
Document Type: Regular articles
Authors
Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa email orcid 1; Maria Sassi2
1Center for International Cooperation and Development (CICOPS), University of Pavia, Italy
2Department of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Italy
Receive Date: 14 March 2018,  Revise Date: 05 April 2018,  Accept Date: 23 August 2018 
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 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.
Keywords
Agricultural extension; participation; Training; Poisson regression; Ethiopia
Main Subjects
Agricultural Extension
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