Determinants of Cereal Crops Productivity: In Case of Kecha Birra Woreda, Snnpr, Ethiopia

Abstract

This study conducted to investigate the determinants of cereal crop productivity of small household farmers in southern region, a case of Kecha Birra woreda.To study the determinants of cereal crop productivity descriptive and econometrics analysis was carried out, a positive increasing trend was found in agricultural productivity and data collection was from rural household farmers selected through random sampling techniques for the collected cross-sectional data on 100 samples of the farmers at household level. Agriculture plays prominent role in the process of economic development for a country. Without achieving substantial increase in agricultural production, no country has moved to take off stage of economic development. The general objective of the study is to assess the determinants of cereal crop productivity in Kecha Birra Woreda. The study found that improved seed, farm size, fertilizer, education, family size, age, and irrigation have the positive effects in the productivity of cereal crops. The sex and credit have negative impact on cereal crops productivity in the study area. Since the improved seed, farm size, fertilizer, family size, credit and irrigation significantly affect the yield capacity of the cereal crops, the farmers should be encouraged in order to use them and the government should provide the access to the farmers. Keywords: Agriculture, Cereal crops, Smallholder farmers DOI : 10.7176/JESD/10-17-04 Publication date :September 30 th 2019