Determinants of Biogas Technology Adoption in South Ethiopia: The Case of Wondo Genet Woreda

Abstract

[enter Abstract Body]Abstract: The major aim of this paper was to examine the determinants the biogas technology adoption in rural areas Wondo Genet Woreda, South Ethiopia. The study was based on the cross-sectional survey of a total of 211 households randomly selected using a multi-stage sampling technique where stratified random sampling techniques were applied for selecting 86 biogas technology adopters and 125 non adopters. Data were collected through individual interviews by using structural questionnaire. Logistic binary regression model was employed for examining the main determinants of the biogas adoption. Results show that socio-economic factors play an important role in the respondents' behaviors toward biogas adoption. The empirical results indeed highlighted that distance to access forest, cost of initial investment, cost of kerosene, credit access, cost of inorganic fertilizer, cost of health and distance household's home to urban center have significant influences on the decision of biogas technology adoption. Therefore, for future endeavours, it is essential to target the households residential location, reduction cost of initial investment through subsidy, enhance the use of slurry in place of inorganic fertilizer, and promote biogas technology as it reduces household's health cost that can help increase the adoption rate of biogas plants.