Impact of Wheat Row Planting on Yield of Smallholders in Arsi Zone of Ethiopia

Tolesa Alemu (tolesaalemu@yahoo.com), Bezabih Emana, Jema Haji and Belaineh Legesse
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Tolesa Alemu: School of Agricultural Economics & Agri-business, Haramya University, Ethiopia.
Bezabih Emana: General Manager, HEDBED Business & Consultancy PLC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Jema Haji: School of Agricultural Economics & Agri-business, Haramya University, Ethiopia.
Belaineh Legesse: School of Agricultural Economics & Agri-business, Haramya University, Ethiopia.

International Journal of Economics and Empirical Research (IJEER), 2014, vol. 2, issue 12, 510-517

Abstract: Promotion and scaling up of wheat row planting is seen as best farming practice for increasing wheat yield in Ethiopia. Farmers have been practicing wheat row planting manually for the last three to five years. However, there is lack of empirical study on the impact of row planting on wheat yield compared to the conventional broadcast planting method. To fill this gap, this study estimates the impact of row planting on wheat yield of farmers. Cross-sectional survey data collected from randomly selected 133 farmers, logit model, and propensity score matching methods were used to achieve the objective of the study. The study obtained that wheat row planting has significant impact on wheat yield of farmers. The mean yield of row planted wheat was higher by 14.6 percent when compared to the mean yield of conventional broadcast planting method. It is recommended that other agronomic practices along with the row planting method need to be considered for increasing wheat yield as well as for the successful promotion, adoption and scaling up of wheat row planting practices.

Keywords: Wheat in Ethiopia; Wheat row planting; Propensity Score Matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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