Vol. 10(2), pp. 52-60, May 2022 , 2022.

ISSN: 2384-6151

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijebm2022040

 

 

Full Length Research

 

Wheat Commercialization and its Determinant Factors in Walmara District, Central Ethiopia

 

Addisu Getahun1* and Gadisa Muleta2

 

1Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Holeta Agricultural Research Center, Holeta, Ethiopia  

2Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), National Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center (NABRC), Holeta, Ethiopia.  

Corresponding author’s E-mail: addisgeta127@gmail.com

 

 

Accepted 30 April 2022

Abstract

 

In Ethiopia wheat is cultivated by more than 4.5 million farmers and covers more than 1.8 million hectares of cultivated area of land. The study aimed at identifying factors affecting smallholders’ wheat market participation and the level of commercialization in walmara district, central Ethiopia. To analyze the collected data from sample households’ descriptive statistics and Double hurdle econometric model were employed. The results from probit model revealed that the education level of household heads, total livestock owned, total land owned, access to credit, and household size are the variables significantly influence the likelihood of wheat market participation with different signs. The Truncated regression model result infers that household size, off/non-farm income, and frequency of extension contact affects the intensity of wheat commercialization significantly. Thus, to enable smallholder farmers market orientation and to enhance the commercial level wheat producer farmers efforts aiming at empowering the efficient resource utilization and essential trainings on agricultural production.

 

Keywords: Commercialization, Wheat, Double hurdle, central Ethiopia

 

Cite This Article As: Getahun, A., Muleta, G. (2022). Wheat Commercialization and its Determinant Factors in Walmara District, Central Ethiopia. Inter. J. Econ. Bus. Manage.10(2): 52-60