On-farm value addition to farm products is recognized and highly promoted through value chain approaches for its benefit in terms of improving farm income. Growing demand and high price for value added milk products, together with the availability of ample livestock resources, would provide oppor...
Kuma, B.
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Getnet, Kindie
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Baker, Derek
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Kassa, B.
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[Determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in farm level milk value addition: the case of smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia]
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Determinants of participation decisions and level of participation in farm level milk value addition: the case of smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia
Agricultural productivity and farm household welfare in areas of severe land degradation can be improved through ecosystem-based interventions. Decisions on the possible types of practices and investments can be informed using evidence of potential benefits. Using farm household data together wit...
Getnet, Kindie
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Mekuria, Wolde M.
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Langan, Simon J.
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Rivington, M.
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Novo, P.
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Black, H.
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[Ecosystem-based interventions and farm household welfare in degraded areas: comparative evidence from Ethiopia]
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Ecosystem-based interventions and farm household welfare in degraded areas: comparative evidence from Ethiopia
The study was undertaken with the objective of assessing factors affecting milk market outlet choices in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia. Using farm household survey data from 394 households and Multinomial Logit Model, milk market outlet choices were analyzed. Multinomial Logit model results indicate tha...
This article examined the determinants of off-farm labor supply decision of adult members of households in rural western Ethiopia using cross-section data collected from 324 sample households. The double hurdle model was employed and the off-farm work participation and hours of work decision of m...
Kuma, B.
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Baker, Derek
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Getnet, Kindie
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Kassa, B.
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[Factors affecting milk market participation and volume of supply in Ethiopia]
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Factors affecting milk market participation and volume of supply in Ethiopia
This paper examines the determinants of labor market participation decision of farm households in rural Ethiopia using sample household survey data collected from the study area. Factors affecting households' probability of participation in a particular labor market regime were analyzed using des...
Bedemo, A.
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Getnet, Kindie
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Kassa, B.
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[Determinants of labor market participation choice of farm households in rural Ethiopia: multinomial logit analysis]
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Determinants of labor market participation choice of farm households in rural Ethiopia: multinomial logit analysis
Small-scale farmers face numerous challenges to invest in natural resource management practices. The problems are interlinked, with such perverse economic problems as high transaction costs and risk rooted in the lack of comprehensive institutional and organizational services to farmers for risk ...
Getnet, Kindie
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Pfeifer, Catherine
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MacAlister, C.
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[Economic incentives and natural resource management among small-scale farmers: Addressing the missing link]
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Economic incentives and natural resource management among small-scale farmers: Addressing the missing link
This study investigated main determinants affecting fluid milk purchasing sources of households in Wolaita zone, Ethiopia. From the collected household survey data, a multinomial logit model was estimated to analyze households„ choices among processed, unprocessed and both processed-unprocessed f...
Kuma, B.
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Baker, Derek
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Getnet, Kindie
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Kassa, B.
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[Determinants of fluid milk purchasing sources in Ethiopia]
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Determinants of fluid milk purchasing sources in Ethiopia
This study was conducted to identify factors affecting packed and unpacked fluid milk
consumption preferences of households in Wolaita zone. A total of 194 randomly sampled
consumer households of 3 towns of Waliata zone were studied using semi-structured
questionnaire. All the data collected w...