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    1. Gendered constraints for adopting climate-smart agriculture amongst smallholder Ethiopian women farmers

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Tsige, Meseret (author), Synnevag, Gry (author), and Aune, Jens B. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020
    Published:
    Ethiopia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: D11375
    Journal Title:
    Scientific African
    Journal Title Details:
    7, e00250
    Notes:
    12 pages., Online via Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)., Findings showed that women smallholders' uptake was affected by limited access to credit, extension, restricted membership in cooperatives and water user associations, lack of access or user rights to land, skill training, information, and restricted mobility. Authors suggested that expanding off-farm diversification and rural employment opportunities through changing the land tenure system, which is currently state-owned, are essential to enhance women smallholders' access to land and other agricultural inputs.

    2. Impact of policy change on technical efficiency: evidence from small scale food crop farmers in Kellem Wollega, Ethiopia

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Terefe, Melkamu Kena (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2023-08
    Published:
    India: Agricultural Research Communication Centre
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 206 Document Number: D12956
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural Science Digest
    Journal Title Details:
    V.43, Iss.4
    Notes:
    6 pages, Background: An effort was made by the Ethiopian government to increase the level of technical efficiency of farmers across the country. However, due to climate change, smallholder farmers were facing challenges to increase technical efficiency in crop production. Adaptation to climate change is crucial to uphold and increase food crop productivity. This study analysis the impact of climate change adaptation and policy issues on food crop production efficiency in Kellem Wollega, Ethiopia. Methods: The data was gathered from 400 randomly selected food crop smallholder farmers. The Cobb-Douglas production function was used by including the climate change adaptation measures as explanatory variables in technical inefficiency. Simulation was made to adaption measures that can be influenced by the policy variables to see their impact on the level of technical efficiency. Result: The finding show that the use of adaptive practices (multiple crop type, improved crop varieties, adjusting planting dates and irrigation) had a significant and positive effect on technical efficiency whereas land fragmentation reduces efficiency level. Regarding simulation of policy variables the result show that the mean technical efficiency would increase with rising level of improved crop varieties, adjusting planting dates and irrigation practices. The results of the simulation of land fragmentation climate change adaptation variables show that the mean technical efficiency declines as a result of land fragmentation. Empirical results reveal that with appropriate policy intervention (climate change adaptation measures) the technical efficiency level of food crop farmers can be enhanced.