Understanding farm typology for targeting agricultural development in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeMixed Farming Systems
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierWuletawu Abera: 0000-0002-3657-5223
cg.creator.identifierLulseged Tamene: 0000-0002-4846-2330
cg.creator.identifierAbonesh Tesfaye: 0000-0003-4768-4131
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatCROP PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFARMING SYSTEMSen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatGENDER AND EQUITYen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
dc.contributor.authorEshetae, Meron Awokeen
dc.contributor.authorWuletawu, Aberaen
dc.contributor.authorTamene, Lulseged D.en
dc.contributor.authorMulatu, Kalkidanen
dc.contributor.authorTesfaye, Aboneshen
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-30T09:24:51Zen
dc.date.available2023-11-30T09:24:51Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/134873
dc.titleUnderstanding farm typology for targeting agricultural development in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractCapturing the heterogeneity of farming systems through farm typology is essential for targeting agricultural interventions in a mixed crop-livestock farming system. Therefore, this study aims to construct farm typology in the Doyogena and Basona districts of the Southern and Northern parts of Ethiopia, respectively. A combination of principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering (HC) was used to develop generalized and context-specific farm typologies in the study areas using 503 farm household survey data. A generalized farm typology was constructed considering all the variables of the dataset, whereas a context-specific farm typology was developed once all the variables of the data were categorized into three groups: variables that describe i) the resource endowment, ii) technology used, and iii) food and nutrition characteristics of the farm. In both districts, the results of the generalized farm typologies are more generic and are not able to fully capture the diversity of farmers’ resource endowment and food and nutrition security status. Compared to the generalized typologies, context-specific farm typologies are more useful for targeting tailored agricultural development interventions. The context-specific farm typology results show that medium resource endowment with medium income is the dominant farm typology in Basona district whereas low resource endowment with low income is the dominant one in Doyogena district. In terms of technology, the dominant farm typology is medium technology-based farm typology in both districts. Farm typologies constructed based on food and nutrition indicators show that marginal food and nutrition security is the predominant farm typology in Doyogena district but low food and nutrition security is the common one in Basona district. The findings of this study provide several insights into targeting and scaling context-specific agricultural development interventions that can be applicable for sustainable intensification of mixed farming systems.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEshetae, M.A.; Wuletawu, A.; Tamene, L.; Mulatu, K.; Tesfaye, A. (2023) Understanding farm typology for targeting agricultural development in mixed crop-livestock farming systems of Ethiopia. 36 p.en
dcterms.extent36 p.en
dcterms.issued2023-11-15
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjectfarm typologyen
dcterms.subjectresource managementen
dcterms.typeManuscript-unpublished

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