IJHAF | Factors influencing the intensity of market participation among smallholder wheat (Triticum aestivum.) farmers: A case study of Jabi Tehnan District, West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia

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Factors influencing the intensity of market participation among smallholder wheat (Triticum aestivum.) farmers: A case study of Jabi Tehnan District, West Gojjam zone, Ethiopia

Yaregal Tilahun Geremewe

International Journal of Horticulture, Agriculture and Food science(IJHAF), Vol-3,Issue-4, July - August 2019, Pages 157-164, 10.22161/ijhaf.3.4.1

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Abstract:

Participation in commercial agriculture holds considerable potential for unlocking suitable opportunity sets necessary for providing better incomes and sustainable livelihoods for small scalefarmers. In developing countries like Ethiopia, most smallholder farmers are characterized by poor market participation because they lack market information on marketing of agricultural products. This study examined factors that influence the intensity of market participation among smallholder farmers in JabiTehnan districtusing survey data collected from randomly selected 120 farmers. The aim of this study was to analyze market participation of smallholder wheat farmers in JabiTehnan district. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from primary and secondary data sources using cross sectional data.Probit model regression result showed that, perception of wheat market price, quantity of wheat produced, size of land allocated for wheat and frequency of extension contact had significant and positively effect on market participation decision, while distance to nearest market, family size had significant negative effect. Based on the study policy interventions like family planning, awareness to farmers to supply wheat to the market when price is fair for them, strength extension service and infrastructure like market access, improve land management practice by use of a right input at a right timeas a means to enhance wheat market participation.

Keywords:

wheat, participation, intensity, smallholder farmers.

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