Cereal production and technology adoption in Ethiopia

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dc.creatorYu, Bingxin
dc.creatorNin-Pratt, Alejandro
dc.creatorFunes, José
dc.creatorGemessa, Sinafikeh Asrat
dc.date2011
dc.date2024-10-01T13:56:26Z
dc.date2024-10-01T13:56:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:22:38Z
dc.descriptionThe 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.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153502
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102549
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.12.002
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160688
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceYu, Bingxin; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Funes, José; Gemessa, Sinafikeh Asrat. 2011. Cereal production and technology adoption in Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1131. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153502
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectcereals
dc.subjectmaize
dc.subjecttechnological changes
dc.subjecttechnology adoption
dc.subjectteff
dc.subjectwheat
dc.titleCereal production and technology adoption in Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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