Cereal production and technology adoption in Ethiopia

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cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJose Funes: 0000-0002-7722-3224
cg.creator.identifierAlejandro Nin Pratt: 0000-0001-9144-2127
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.number31en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorYu, Bingxinen
dc.contributor.authorNin-Pratt, Alejandroen
dc.contributor.authorFunes, Joséen
dc.contributor.authorGemessa, Sinafikeh Asraten
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T13:56:23Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-01T13:56:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153491
dc.titleCereal production and technology adoption in Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractThe Ethiopian government has been promoting a package-driven extension that combines credit, fertilizers, improved seeds, and better management practices. This approach has reached almost all farming communities, representing about 2 percent of agricultural gross domestic product in recent years. This paper is the first to look at the extent and determinants of the adoption of the fertilizer-seed technology package promoted in Ethiopia using nationally representative data from the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia. We estimate a double hurdle model of fertilizer use for four major cereal crops: barley, maize, teff, and wheat. Since maize is the only crop that exhibits considerable adoption of improved seed, we estimate a similar model for the adoption of improved seed in maize production. We find that access to fertilizer and seed is related to access to extension services and that production specialization together with wealth play a major role in explaining crop area under fertilizer and improved seed. One of the most important factors behind the limited adoption of the technological package is the inefficiency in the use of inputs, which implies that changes are needed in the seed and fertilizer systems and in the priorities of the extension service to promote more efficient use of inputs and to accommodate risks associated with agricultural production, especially among small and poor households.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationYu, Bingxin; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Funes, José; Gemessa, Sinafikeh Asrat. 2011. Cereal production and technology adoption in Ethiopia. ESSP II Working Paper 31. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153491en
dcterms.extent35 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfESSP II Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2011
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.publisherEthiopian Development Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/126731en
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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