Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 8 (4), pp. 082-089, April 2018.

ISSN: 2276-7770  

Research Article

Manuscript Number: 042018060

(DOI: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJAS.2018.4.042018060)

 

Effect of Improved Agricultural Information & Technologies Adoption on Productivity: The Case of Wheat in Ethiopia

 

 

BAYE Belay and FITSUM Daniel

 

  

Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Abstract

This study examines the impact of adoption of improved wheat varieties and information regarding improved wheat management practices on productivity using 1,611 farm household samples in four major administrative regions of Ethiopia. Propensity score matching (PSM) technique was employed since it is an increasingly utilized standard approach for evaluating impacts using observational data of a single period. It is found that adoption of improved wheat varieties and information regarding improved wheat management practices appears to significantly increase productivity growth on the average by 9 to 21% for farm households in the study area. Thus, the study recommends that use of appropriate improved agricultural information as well as technologies could be an effective strategy to enhance productivity and, thereby, production that contributes a lot to the structural transformation of the Ethiopian economy

Keywords: impact, wheat, improved varieties and information, Ethiopia

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