Irrigation increases productivity by reducing crop failure associated with erratic rain-fed
agriculture and ensuring smallholder farmers’ income by improving their production. This study
was conducted in Erer District ...
Groundnut plays a significance role in enhancing food security and generates income for the
poor farmers of Ethiopia. This research attempted to analyze value chain of groundnut in
Fedis district, Oromia region of Ethiopia. ...
Ethiopia is believed to have the largest livestock resource in Africa. However, lack of
modern marketing channels, low market-oriented livestock production and other unclear
factors are challenging for livestock trade ...
Mohammed Bedri; Ketema Bekele (Ph.D); Kedir Jamal (Ph.D)(Haramaya University, 2024-06)
The study was made in Kurfa Chele Woreda of Oromia Regional State Ethiopia. It focuses on the
analysis of the rural borrower’s loan repayment performance for the loan they accessed from a
microfinance institution. The ...
Climate change causes a serious problem in Ethiopia where the majority’s livelihood depends on
subsistence rain-fed farming system. Effective climate change adaptation strategies are the key to
securing resilience of ...
TAHIR SULTAN; Kedir Jemal (PhD); Beyan Ahmed (PhD)(Haramaya University, 2024-03)
This study evaluates the impact of participation in small scale irrigation scheme on households’
crop income and food security in Sirka district. The study employed descriptive statistics and
econometric models, ...
Implementing different climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices helps by lowering
greenhouse gas emissions, building resilience to climate change, increasing production and
productivity, and thereby improving farmers’ ...
As the supply of feed in poultry production is inadequate and fails to guarantee sustainable feeding at an affordable price, there is a need for the diversification of feed. However, in the voluminous of the empirical ...
Mandefro Seifu Gebru; Professor Jema Haji; Dr. Temesgen Keno; Dr. Dawit Diriba(Haramaya University, 2024-01)
The rural areas of Ethiopia are characterized by low nonfarm diversification and a high
deforestation rate. Because these problems are context-specific, this research aims to
analyze nonfarm livelihood diversification, ...
Nimona Sime; Beyan Ahmed (PhD; Fresenbet Zeleke (PhD)(Haramaya University, 2024-03)
The farmers in developing nations should make important decisions to adopt agricultural technologies as a response to the reduction of food insecurity. Because the farmers in these nations face numerous obstacles while ...
MILKESSA TEMESGEN CHOMEN; Dr. Asfaw Negassa; Professor Jema Haji(Haramaya University, 2023-12)
Dairy value chains in Ethiopia face a series of challenges. Stakeholders in the participatory
model-building approach of this research and prior studies noted that feed and market
related challenges are among the ...
Berhan Tegegne Haile; Prof. Mengistu Ketema (Ph.D.); Prof. Fekadu Beyene (Ph.D.)(Haramaya University, 2023-12)
This study examines the institutional arrangement for water governance, crop production efficiency, commercialization, and impact on household welfare using cross-sectional data obtained from 544 randomly and proportionately ...
ALEMAYEHU BASHE BADE; Million Sileshi (PhD); Mohammed Aman (Asst. prof)(Haramaya University, 2023-12)
Despite the designed policy strategies for boosting agricultural productivity, the production
and productivity was remained very low in Ethiopia. A key theme and policy priority for
increasing farm productivity is ...
Barley, including food and malt barley, is one of the major cereals produced by smallholder
farmers in Ethiopia. Though malt barley is the fastest-growing industry, its domestic supply
currently lags far behind the ...
Hailu Berecha; Ketema Bekele (PhD); Mohammed Aman (Assis Profe)(Haramaya University, 2024-01)
The study attempted to determine the reason of low adoption and intensity of use improved
wheat varieties and to determine factors affecting improved wheat varieties adoption and
intensity of use by small holder farmers ...
In Ethiopia, the agricultural sector contributes the largest employment opportunities (70%) and is the major source of export earnings (90% of export value). Despite efforts made to modernize, mechanize, commercialize, and ...
SURA DEGEFU TADESSA; Million Sileshi (PhD); Mohammed Aman (Assistant Professor)(Haramaya University, 2023-11)
Despite, increasing the agricultural sector's productivity is seen as the main path out of
poverty in the country; Ethiopia has not yet realized its full agricultural potential as farming
practices are still ...
Maize is one of the most widely grown crops in the Shenan Dugo district of the West Harerghe
Zone. There was a great productivity difference among the farmers because of their efficiency
difference in using the existing ...
Ethiopian rural households are heavily reliant on small-scale, rain-fed agriculture for their
livelihoods. The use of existing water resources for irrigation development is the most promising
answer to the country's ...
Cheshire Services Ethiopia has two operational objectives: Physical rehabilitation and
community-based rehabilitation in all its areas of intervention cites. This study focuses on
how physical rehabilitation support ...