Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia
Farmer's use of fertilizer in the highland areas of Ethiopia remains small, despite significant yield increases obtained in experimental stations and on-farm trials. Among the suspected hindrances against the use of fertilizer at the rate recommended jointly by the MOA/IAR, are farmers' aversion for...
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1992
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| author | Belete, A. Dillon, John L. Anderson, F.M. |
| author_browse | Anderson, F.M. Belete, A. Dillon, John L. |
| author_facet | Belete, A. Dillon, John L. Anderson, F.M. |
| author_sort | Belete, A. |
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| description | Farmer's use of fertilizer in the highland areas of Ethiopia remains small, despite significant yield increases obtained in experimental stations and on-farm trials. Among the suspected hindrances against the use of fertilizer at the rate recommended jointly by the MOA/IAR, are farmers' aversion for risk and shortage of credit to purchase fertilizer. This paper evaluates the impact of fertilizer use on incomes of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia, and the risk associated with fertilizer use, using a MOTAD risk programming model. The results show that if farmers apply fertilizers at the recommended rate of 100 kg of DAP and 50 kg of urea, their production, and hence cash income, will improve substantially. However, this improvement in cash income is at the expense of higher risk associated with cash income when fertilizer is used. This is true, particularly for one of the study areas, Ada sub-district. |
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| spelling | CGSpace280912024-04-25T06:01:00Z Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia Belete, A. Dillon, John L. Anderson, F.M. highlands small farms fertilizers income models Farmer's use of fertilizer in the highland areas of Ethiopia remains small, despite significant yield increases obtained in experimental stations and on-farm trials. Among the suspected hindrances against the use of fertilizer at the rate recommended jointly by the MOA/IAR, are farmers' aversion for risk and shortage of credit to purchase fertilizer. This paper evaluates the impact of fertilizer use on incomes of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia, and the risk associated with fertilizer use, using a MOTAD risk programming model. The results show that if farmers apply fertilizers at the recommended rate of 100 kg of DAP and 50 kg of urea, their production, and hence cash income, will improve substantially. However, this improvement in cash income is at the expense of higher risk associated with cash income when fertilizer is used. This is true, particularly for one of the study areas, Ada sub-district. 1992-01 2013-05-06T06:59:54Z 2013-05-06T06:59:54Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28091 en Limited Access Elsevier Agricultural Systems;40(4): 333-343 |
| spellingShingle | highlands small farms fertilizers income models Belete, A. Dillon, John L. Anderson, F.M. Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia |
| title | Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia |
| title_full | Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia |
| title_short | Impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small-scale farmers in the highland areas of Ethiopia |
| title_sort | impact of fertilizer use on production and cash income of small scale farmers in the highland areas of ethiopia |
| topic | highlands small farms fertilizers income models |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28091 |
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