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Greener Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol. 8 (4), pp. 074-081, April 2018.

ISSN: 2276-7770  

Research Article

Manuscript Number: 092117135


(DOI: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJAS.2018.4.092117135)

 

 

Impact of Improved Wheat Variety on Productivity in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

 

 

Tesfaye Haregewoin, Baye Belay, Eyob Bezabeh*,

Kaleb Kelemu, Daniel Hailu and Fitsum Daniel

 

 

 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research.


Abstract


This study examines the impact of improved wheat variety on productivity using 837 sample farm households in Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Propensity score matching (PSM) technique was employed since it is an increasingly utilized standard approach for evaluating impacts using observational data. It is found that improved wheat variety adoption appears to significantly increase productivity on the average by 34-38% for farm households in the study area. Thus, the study recommends that use of improved wheat variety 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, Oromia, Ethiopia


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