May 8, 2024 Thesis Open Access

ABDULSHUKUR BUSSER AMAN

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{
  "DOI": "10.20372/nadre:12858", 
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "ABDULSHUKUR BUSSER AMAN"
    }
  ], 
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2024, 
        5, 
        8
      ]
    ]
  }, 
  "abstract": "<p>ABSTRACT</p>\n\n<p>Rosemary production and marketing had not given due attention compared to other spices, which has potential production and marketability. Therefore, this study was designed to identify factors affecting production and market participation among smallholder rosemary producer farmers in Silte zone. For this purpose Level of rosemary production, determinants of rosemary production, stage of rosemary market participation and factors affecting rosemary market participation were focused. The study was followed cross\u2011sectional survey research design and the primary data was from rosemary producer household survey using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire. Stratification, purposive and random sampling techniques were used to draw an appropriate sample of 385 rosemary producer householders from 10211 total farm householders. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and cobb-Douglass production function and double-hurdle econometric model. The descriptive statistics result indicates that smallholder farmers&rsquo; input use is very low for the production of rosemary (HPI=21.3%) and their participation in output marketing is medium (HPI=66%). In addition the output market participation of the rosemary producers in the area was high (59.2%). The Cobb Douglass production function output revealed that 14 checked independent variables of gender, contact of extension service, rosemary seedling, rosemary farming experience fertilizer use, number of oxen, rosemary farm land size and total farm land size were found to be affect positively the gross rosemary production. Based on double hurdle model results, out of 15 checked independent variables 3 variables (gender, number of oxen and gross rosemary yield) were significantly affect rosemary market participation decision. From those gender was negative factor and the rest were positive factors. And also 6 variables (education, lagged price, rosemary farm land size, market distance and storage) were significantly affect level rosemary market participation. Out of them education, market distance and storage were negative factors and the rest lagged price and rosemary farm land size were positive factors. Therefore the government should improve road facilities, give trainings and awareness creation to improve production and market participation of smallholder farmers.&nbsp;</p>", 
  "title": "FACTORS AFFECTING ROSEMARY (ROSEMARINUS OFFICINALIS) PRODUCTION AND MARKET PARTICIPATION IN THE SILTE ZONE, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA REGION, ETHIOPIA", 
  "type": "thesis", 
  "id": "12858"
}