Synopsis, Agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2015 Feed the Future survey

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dc.creatorBerhane, Guush
dc.creatorHirvonen, Kalle
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.date2016-02-05
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:22Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:24:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:29:43Z
dc.descriptionIn this research note, we provide a preview of results from a study of agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia. Our research shows that 9 percent of farmers in the Feed the Future regions of Ethiopia used mechanization at some point during the agricultural year 2014/15. We find that mechanized ploughing was most widespread (5 percent), while mechanized threshing and harvesting was reported by 3 and 2 percent of households, respectively. We further examine the uptake of different forms of mechanization through a number of associations. The results show that farm size and rural wages are positively associated with the adoption of mechanization, while remoteness is negatively linked. These findings suggest that as Ethiopia’s economy transforms and leads to higher rural wages, as well as with further development of its infrastructure, more demand for mechanized agricultural services will likely arise. Having policies that actively assure widespread availability of appropriate mechanized services at low cost, seem likely to benefit Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148329
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/106117
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.publisherEthiopian Development Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceBerhane, Guush; Hirvonen, Kalle; and Minten, Bart. Synopsis, Agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2015 Feed the Future survey. 2016. ESSP II Research Note 48. Washington, DC and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148329
dc.subjectfarm inputs
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectmechanization
dc.titleSynopsis, Agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: Evidence from the 2015 Feed the Future survey
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