Smallholder Agro-pastoralists Commercialization of Major Crop (Maize and Onion) in Fentalle District: The Case of Boset-Fentalle Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia

Abdi Etafa

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Smallholder Agro-pastoralists Commercialization of Major Crop (Maize and Onion) in Fentalle District: The Case of Boset-Fentalle Irrigation Scheme, Ethiopia

Abdi Etafa

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 1, Issue 2)

Received: 26 June 2016 Accepted: 7 July 2016 Published: 21 July 2016

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The study was conducted in Fentalle agro-pastoral district with the aim of studying the level of small holder agro-pastoral crop commercialization and analyzing the determinants of commercialization among the smallholder agro-pastoralists in the study area. Multi stage and random sampling technique was used to draw 109 households from three Kebele in the district. Data was collected with structured interview and analyzed using descriptive and Tobit regression. In addition, household commercialization index was calculated. The findings revealed that half of the respondents were not commercialize their product. Distance to the district market and TLU negatively affect commercialization and market participation meanwhile, the use of input and household income enhanced surplus production and commercialization. The study forwarded that improved market facility and market information access is necessary. The optimal and economical use of input will intensify crop production along with economical return.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20160102.12
Page(s)	31-34
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Agro-pastoral, Commercialization, Fentalle, Market Surplus

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