Abstract
Enset production in Ethiopia is seemingly limited to only consumption-based production and most of producers supplied small amounts of products to the market. This study was conducted with main objective of assessing factors affecting market participation of enset producers in Chena district in southwestern Ethiopia. Two-stage sampling technique was employed to select 101 representative enset producer households. Both primary and secondary data sources were used to gather necessary data for attaining specific objectives of the study. Both descriptive statistics and econometric model were used to analyze the collected data. A Heckman two stage model was employed to analyze the factors affecting households’ decision in market participation in sale of enset products and the amount of gross income earned. Econometric model analysis result showed that; sex of household head, education level, livestock owned, a distance from nearest market center, enset plantation size, and transport access were found to be significant in affecting the probability of market participation decision. In addition, education level, family size, distance from market center, enset plantation, and transport access affected the amount of gross income earned from sale of different enset products. The result suggests the need for stakeholders’ involvement to enable market-oriented production of crop to encourage farmers for better crop production and market supply to have increased amount of income and proper utilization of the crop.
 Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 11(1): 17-25, June 2021
Highlights
In Ethiopia population of 79.3 million living in rural area being employed in agriculture (FAO, 2015), agriculture is the main driver for growth and long-term food security as it contributes on average 44.18% share to GDP and 29.31% share for GDP growth from the year 2007-08 up to 2014-15 fiscal year (NBE, 2014-15)
Due to its drought tolerance, enset plant is regarded as a priority crop in Ethiopia, where it makes a major contribution to the food security of the country (Mohamed and Tariku, 2012)
Enset crop in the district is major indigenous root crop cultivated as traditional staple food crop
Summary
In Ethiopia population of 79.3 million living in rural area being employed in agriculture (FAO, 2015), agriculture is the main driver for growth and long-term food security as it contributes on average 44.18% share to GDP and 29.31% share for GDP growth from the year 2007-08 up to 2014-15 fiscal year (NBE, 2014-15). Enset based farming is an indigenous agricultural system and more than 20% of the population depend on enset for food, feed and fiber in the country. Due to its drought tolerance, enset plant is regarded as a priority crop in Ethiopia, where it makes a major contribution to the food security of the country (Mohamed and Tariku, 2012). For instance, Nuri et al (2016) revealed, enset crop is produced as a staple, costaple food, and represent a potential pathway to move out of poverty for many smallholders in Southern and South Western Ethiopia. Enset is one of the indigenous root crops cultivated as traditional staple food crop and its’ cultivation reaches about 65 percent of the total crop production in southern nation nationalities and people’s regional state of Ethiopia (Birmeta et al, 2004). During 2014-15 agricultural production year in Ethiopia, 345093 tone of kocho was supplied to market from Southern Ethiopia (CSA, 2015)
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