Abstract
Precise technological intervention and policy support needs identification and characterization of farm types. Therefore, farming system characterization is a vital activity for agricultural technologies generators or researchers, development practitioners and policy makers. Therefore, this farming system characterization research activity was initiated with objectives of identifying and characterizing the crop production system, identifying and prioritizing the major production system of agriculture in Arsi zone and to forward the possible intervention mechanisms for each farming typology. In general the farming system in Arsi zone is a crop-livestock mixed farming with small amount of lowland pastoralists. In this research further classification of farming typologies were identified. Accordingly, around seven broadly categorized farming typologies were identified which are lowland agro-pastoral, coffee-khat tree based, irrigation based, highland barley-root crop based maize-sorghum based, mechanized wheat belt farm type and non-mechanized wheat belt. The production potentials and constraints for each farming system typology were also discussed in this research output report. Constraints that could be tackled by research centers and development practitioners like office of agriculture and natural resource development, livestock resource development, irrigation development offices and support institutions like cooperatives and credit institutions were identified and prioritized. Though there is tendency of hasty generalization of Arsi zone as wheat enterprise specialized farming typology from policy makers, in this research finding it was recognized that Arsi zone has a diversified farming system that need multiple solutions from different experts and disciplines.
Highlights
Background and JustificationThere is high demand increment for food self-sufficiency all over the world and especially critical for developing countries
The classification of the farming situations of developing regions may be as varied as – available natural resource base, climate, landscape, farm size, tenure and organization, dominant pattern of farm activities and household livelihoods, which determine the intensity of production and integration of crops, livestock and other activities and use of improved agricultural mechanization technologies [3,4] Further explained that the factors that define/determine farm typology vary greatly from study to study and/or from region to region which may be as diverse as agro ecological, socio-economic, managerial, infrastructural and broader issues of livelihoods
In general about seven farming typologies were identified in Arsi zone each having distinctive characteristics
Summary
Background and JustificationThere is high demand increment for food self-sufficiency all over the world and especially critical for developing countries. Researchers should search for agricultural technologies which made agriculture more economically viable and policy makers should make intervention for such development [1]. The classification of the farming situations of developing regions may be as varied as – available natural resource base, climate, landscape, farm size, tenure and organization, dominant pattern of farm activities and household livelihoods, which determine the intensity of production and integration of crops, livestock and other activities and use of improved agricultural mechanization technologies [3,4] Further explained that the factors that define/determine farm typology vary greatly from study to study and/or from region to region which may be as diverse as agro ecological, socio-economic, managerial, infrastructural and broader issues of livelihoods.
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