Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia
Improved cultivars and agronomic practices have significantly increased chickpea production in Ethiopia in recent decades. Enhanced availability of chickpeas in Ethiopia, therefore, contributes to food, nutrition, and income security of the country. However, we know relatively little about the exten...
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| author | Kumar, Shalander Das, Abhishek Hauser, Michael Muricho, Geoffrey Degefu, Tulu Fikre, Asnake Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Ferede, Setotaw Varshney, Rajeev K. |
| author_browse | Das, Abhishek Degefu, Tulu Ferede, Setotaw Fikre, Asnake Hauser, Michael Kumar, Shalander Muricho, Geoffrey Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Varshney, Rajeev K. |
| author_facet | Kumar, Shalander Das, Abhishek Hauser, Michael Muricho, Geoffrey Degefu, Tulu Fikre, Asnake Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Ferede, Setotaw Varshney, Rajeev K. |
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| description | Improved cultivars and agronomic practices have significantly increased chickpea production in Ethiopia in recent decades. Enhanced availability of chickpeas in Ethiopia, therefore, contributes to food, nutrition, and income security of the country. However, we know relatively little about the extent to which farmers have harnessed the full potential of these improved technologies. In this paper, we compare the technical efficiencies and technological gap ratios of chickpea farming in three major chickpea-producing areas of Ethiopia using a two-step meta frontier model. Based on regionally representative data from 681 chickpea-growing farm households in the three regions, we show regional differences in the technical efficiencies, technological gap ratios, and meta technical efficiencies (MTEs). We examined the drivers of these different production levels and identified ways to increase chickpea production while minimizing yield gaps. Improving technical efficiency through improving farmers’ access to improved seed, offering farmers need-based and gender-responsive extension support, encouraging their participation in technology development programs, and appropriate rainwater management would all contribute to harnessing the full potential of improved chickpea cultivars in Ethiopia. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1287662024-11-07T09:53:13Z Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia Kumar, Shalander Das, Abhishek Hauser, Michael Muricho, Geoffrey Degefu, Tulu Fikre, Asnake Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Ferede, Setotaw Varshney, Rajeev K. chickpeas production technology yield gap development food science Improved cultivars and agronomic practices have significantly increased chickpea production in Ethiopia in recent decades. Enhanced availability of chickpeas in Ethiopia, therefore, contributes to food, nutrition, and income security of the country. However, we know relatively little about the extent to which farmers have harnessed the full potential of these improved technologies. In this paper, we compare the technical efficiencies and technological gap ratios of chickpea farming in three major chickpea-producing areas of Ethiopia using a two-step meta frontier model. Based on regionally representative data from 681 chickpea-growing farm households in the three regions, we show regional differences in the technical efficiencies, technological gap ratios, and meta technical efficiencies (MTEs). We examined the drivers of these different production levels and identified ways to increase chickpea production while minimizing yield gaps. Improving technical efficiency through improving farmers’ access to improved seed, offering farmers need-based and gender-responsive extension support, encouraging their participation in technology development programs, and appropriate rainwater management would all contribute to harnessing the full potential of improved chickpea cultivars in Ethiopia. 2022-10 2023-02-20T11:52:09Z 2023-02-20T11:52:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128766 en Limited Access Springer Kumar, S., Das, A., Hauser, M., Muricho, G., Degefu, T., Fikre, A., Ojiewo, C., Ferede, S. and Varshney, R.K. 2022. Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia. Food Security 14(5):1241–1258. |
| spellingShingle | chickpeas production technology yield gap development food science Kumar, Shalander Das, Abhishek Hauser, Michael Muricho, Geoffrey Degefu, Tulu Fikre, Asnake Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng Ferede, Setotaw Varshney, Rajeev K. Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia |
| title | Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | estimating the potential to close yield gaps through increased efficiency of chickpea production in ethiopia |
| topic | chickpeas production technology yield gap development food science |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128766 |
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