Determinants Of Improved Teff Variety (Quncho) Adoption And Its Impact On Productivity: The Case Of Kiramu District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Abstract

This study was aimed at identifying the determinants of use intensity of improved teff variety (quncho) adoption, its status of adoption and examining its impacts on productivity in terms of output per hectare. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from primary and secondary sources for this study. Multistage sampling techniques were employed to determine sample size in study area. Totally 327 households head were randomly selected from the three kebeles. Which consists 131 of them were adopters and 196 were nonadopters of improved teff variety (quncho). Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for the data analysis. Tobit model was used to identify the determinants of use intensity improved teff variety (quncho), propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique was used to examine impact of adoption of improved teff(quncho) variety on farm productivity. The results of the Tobit model showed age of the household head, off/non-farm income, number of livestock size, land certificate, protestant and access to training have positive and significant influence on use intensity of improved teff(quncho) variety adoption. On the other hand, dependency ratio, Orthodox and Muslim have negative influence on use intensity of improved teff variety (quncho) adoption. The propensity Score Matching result indicates that teff productivity of adopter households is 859.24 kg/ha of higher than non-adopters and the result is statistically significant. Therefore, collective actions of government agents, agricultural experts, NGOs and seed providers advised to work together on the way of expanding new technologies in rural communities and aware farm households about the potential benefits of those technologies and sustain their positive impact on productivity.