Marketed Surplus of Coffee by Smallholder Farmers in Seka Chokorsa District, Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: Determinants Analysis

Abstract

Coffee is mainly produced for market and is an important export cash crop in the study area. This study analyzed the determinants of sundried coffee marketed surplus by smallholder farmers in Seka chokorsa district of Jimma Zone. Both data sources and types, primary and secondary, qualitative and quantitative, were used to achieve the objective of the study under consideration. These data were collected from 124 smallholders coffee producers who were randomly selected in the study area using questionnaires and other stakeholders who directly or indirectly deal with coffee production and supply were interviewed. Multiple linear regression model was used to analyze the determinants of sundried coffee marketed surplus as all coffee producers were supplied coffee to the market and the assumptions of OLS were tested which indicated the absence of violations due to fitness of the model with data collected. The result of multiple regression model revealed that coffee farming experience, family size, land size, coffee market information and membership to the cooperatives affected marketed surplus of sundried coffee positively and significantly whereas sex of the household head and distance from the nearest market affected negatively and significantly. Therefore, policy needs to emphasize at encouraging women to increase their coffee supply and expanding the accessibility of market infrastructure to close the gap, and further, strengthening farmers cooperatives, increasing the production and productivity of coffee land, developing farmers experience through skills and knowledge, and facilitation of market and information access are highly recommended in order to increase coffee marketed surplus by smallholder coffee farmers in the area. Keywords: Determinants, Sundried Coffee, Marketed surplus, Multiple Linear Regression Model DOI: 10.7176/DCS/10-8-02 Publication date: August 31 st 2020