Determinants of Adoption of Physical Soil Conservation Measures in Central Highlands of Ethiopia: The Case of Three Districts of North Shewa

Mulugeta Enki, Kassa Belay and Legesse Dadi

Agrekon, 2001, vol. 40, issue 3

Abstract: This paper examines factors influencing farmers' adoption decision of physical soil conservation practices in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Data were collected from 116 randomly selected Farmers through a structured questionnaire. Results from a logistic regression analysis show that security of land ownership, size of cultivated land, technology-specific characteristics, level of schooling, wealth status of the household head, availability of off-farm income and assistance from different sources were important determinants of adoption of physical soil conservation practices. About 97 percent of the sample cases were correctly predicted using the model.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.269415

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