IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA

This study analyzed the impact of technology adoption decisions on the yields of smallholder households in the study area. The data used for the study were obtained from 191 randomly selected sample households in the study area. The average treatment effect of adoption on household yield was estimat...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Negese Tamirat, Jemal Abafita
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Språk:English
Publicerad: Journal of Smart Economic Growth 2022-07-01
Serie:Journal of Smart Economic Growth
Länkar:https://jseg.ro/index.php/jseg/article/view/167
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Jemal Abafita
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description This study analyzed the impact of technology adoption decisions on the yields of smallholder households in the study area. The data used for the study were obtained from 191 randomly selected sample households in the study area. The average treatment effect of adoption on household yield was estimated by using the propensity score matching method. The propensity score matching estimation showed that the average yields of adopters are greater than that of non-adopters. Since income and income proxy variables have a significant influence on the likelihood of farmers’ adoption income diversification interventions could have a pay-off. The PSM result showed that the positive effects of chemical fertilizer adoption on farm household yields. Since adopters are in a better position; appropriate strategies that increase the intensity of use for the adopter and encourage non-adopter to use chemical fertilizer on their farmland should be promoted and that there is a large scope for enhancing the role of chemical fertilizer in contributing to promoting production.
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spelling doaj.art-11af901bacc74acf87e4fcfa95091f482024-03-21T18:56:04ZengJournal of Smart Economic GrowthJournal of Smart Economic Growth2537-141X2022-07-017189104167IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIANegese Tamirat0Jemal Abafita1Lecturer, Jimma UniversityDepartment of Economics, Jimma University, Jimma, EthiopiaThis study analyzed the impact of technology adoption decisions on the yields of smallholder households in the study area. The data used for the study were obtained from 191 randomly selected sample households in the study area. The average treatment effect of adoption on household yield was estimated by using the propensity score matching method. The propensity score matching estimation showed that the average yields of adopters are greater than that of non-adopters. Since income and income proxy variables have a significant influence on the likelihood of farmers’ adoption income diversification interventions could have a pay-off. The PSM result showed that the positive effects of chemical fertilizer adoption on farm household yields. Since adopters are in a better position; appropriate strategies that increase the intensity of use for the adopter and encourage non-adopter to use chemical fertilizer on their farmland should be promoted and that there is a large scope for enhancing the role of chemical fertilizer in contributing to promoting production.https://jseg.ro/index.php/jseg/article/view/167
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IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA
Journal of Smart Economic Growth
title IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA
title_full IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA
title_fullStr IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA
title_full_unstemmed IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA
title_short IMPACT OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZER ON YIELDS AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS: THE CASE OF SIBU SIRE WOREDA, ETHIOPIA
title_sort impact of chemical fertilizer on yields among smallholder farmers the case of sibu sire woreda ethiopia
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