Review: Agriculture-industry linkage and technology adoption in Ethiopia: Challenges and opportunities

Sisay, Tilahun

doi:10.13057/tropdrylands/t020104

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“…Tis is consistent with the fndings of [34,145,146], who state that farmers whose primary source of income is agriculture may be discouraged from allocating family labor to tree planting activities. However, [147] found a negative relationship between household size and farmer participation in improving tree fallows and other intensive technologies, such as animal manure use.…”

Section: Family Sizementioning

confidence: 94%

Farmer’s Perceptions of Agroforestry Practices, Contributions to Rural Household Farm Income, and Their Determinants in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia

Tega

Bojago

2023

International Journal of Forestry Research

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Agroforestry has been widely used in developing countries as a solution to mitigate the effects of climate variability. However, its significance to the well-being of farmers in rural communities has not been thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this study was to analyze the contribution of agroforestry practices (AFPs) to the farm income of rural families, the perceptions of farmers, and factors that affect AFPs’ contribution to household income in the Sodo Zuria district. The optimal sample size of 173 households from the three study sites was selected through a stratified random sampling procedure. Data were collected using structured interviews, focus group discussion, observation, and key informant interviews. According to the findings, most farmers in the research area had a good perception of the benefits of agroforestry methods. The yearly mean gross income from various agroforestry approaches was 15,990.90 ETB·ha−1·yr−1 for nonadopters and 32,471.24 ETB·ha−1·yr−1 for adopters, respectively. Tree and fruit tree integration with crops, animals, or pastures has the potential to significantly increase food production and farmer economic situations. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the size of the farm, the number of livestock, the experience of agroforestry, and the extension service affect the adoption of agroforestry practices to house farm income positively, while the size of the family negatively affects it. Agroforestry plays a critical role in reducing food poverty and enhancing farmer livelihood resilience (reducing farmers’ vulnerability to climate variability). However, determining the extent to which this is true is challenging because both farmer groups often have low levels of assets such as land and income, which limits tree planting to reaping maximum benefits from agroforestry. As a result, the government and other responsible entities should pay special attention to assisting smallholder farmers in using agroforestry practices for the sustainability of their livelihoods that have been hampered by agricultural land scarcity.

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Section: Family Sizementioning

confidence: 94%

Farmer’s Perceptions of Agroforestry Practices, Contributions to Rural Household Farm Income, and Their Determinants in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia

Tega

Bojago

2023

International Journal of Forestry Research

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“…African countries where agriculture is the predominant sector that underpins the livelihood of the majority of the poor, increasing technology adoption such as new agricultural practices, high-yielding varieties, and the associated products such as crop insurance have the potential to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction among the poor (Kelsey, 2011 as cited by Sisay, 2018).…”

Section: Sub-saharanmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Sisay (2018), generation of technology is not an end by itself. It must be utilized by end users.…”

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The Role of Information Professionals in Fostering Adoption of Agricultural Innovations by Farmers in Embu, Kenya.

Nester

2018

Res J Libr Inf Sci

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This paper is part of a study carried out to investigate the accessibility and use of agricultural information by farmers in Embu, Kenya. 13 Librarians (information professionals) were among the key informants and were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The study was informed by Roger's Diffusion Of Innovations (DOI) theory, Rural Knowledge Centre model, Telecentres model and Wilson's information seeking behavior model. SPSS data analysis software was used for data analysis. The results reveal that information infrastructure in Embu County is not well interlinked while information resources as well as Librarians' qualifications are inadequate leading to poor information services particularly for the farmers. Recommendations include recruitment of agricultural subject information professionals for each library and creation and Interlinking of agricultural telecentres, tapping into the free service offered by AgriculturalInformation Resource Centre (AIRC), co-ordination and strong linkage of all library and information services within Embu County with a clear and purposive aim of playing their part in the agricultural information, knowledge and technology transfer. The County government to financially support linkage between research, education, extension, farmers and other stakeholders so as to improve the performance of the agricultural system. Indigenous agricultural knowledge need to be recorded for posterity and further research.

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Assessment of shallow groundwater contamination on Pari Island, Indonesia

Marganingrum¹,

Ismail

Wulan³

2022

Environ Monit Assess

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Review: Agriculture-industry linkage and technology adoption in Ethiopia: Challenges and opportunities

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

Farmer’s Perceptions of Agroforestry Practices, Contributions to Rural Household Farm Income, and Their Determinants in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia

Farmer’s Perceptions of Agroforestry Practices, Contributions to Rural Household Farm Income, and Their Determinants in Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia

The Role of Information Professionals in Fostering Adoption of Agricultural Innovations by Farmers in Embu, Kenya.

Assessment of shallow groundwater contamination on Pari Island, Indonesia

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