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  • Kidane Mariam Gebregziabher

    • Risk Management and Banking, University of South Africa, South Africa
    • South Africa

Abstract

This paper examines factors that influence agricultural input adoption in the northern part of Ethiopia. Using a 730 households survey data set, a Tobit model is estimated to explain the factors that influence farmers’ decision to adopt modern inputs or not. The factors found to significantly influence included: plot size, oxen ownership, gender, age and literacy status of the household head, adult labor force, total non-farm income, extension service and location variables. The results confirm the adoption theory.

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Gebregziabher, K. M. (2014). Agricultural Extension Service and Input Application Intensity: Evidence from Ethiopia. Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, 6(9), 735-747. https://doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v6i9.533

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2014-09-30

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