Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia
Research
Determinants of market orientation and market participation: Agricultural commercialization in central and North Gondar rural Ethiopia
Author(s): Tigabu Dagnew Koye*, Abebe Birara Dessie and Tegegne Debas Malede
In Ethiopia, agricultural transformation is faced with many challenges such as poor infrastructure especially in a rural area where huge agricultural activities are carried out, poor institutional services, lack of awareness of farmers on the value addition of goods, and so on. To fill this knowledge gap, this study was aimed at the determinants of market orientation and market participation in Central and North Gondar Rural Ethiopia separately. The data have collected from a sample of 344 households selected using multistage purposive and random sampling techniques. Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) and Tobit regression models were employed. The SUR model estimation indicated adult equivalent, chemical fertilizer users and Tropical Livestock Unit (TLU) affect both market-oriented cash and stable crops positively, while child dependency ratio, cultivated land, the distance to the m.. Read More»