Farmers Perception and Adoption of Apple-Based Agroforestry, and Eucalyptus Woodlots in Basona Worana District, Central Ethiopia
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https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v14i2.502-513.8539Keywords:
Adoption , Apple-based agroforestry , Determinants , Eucalyptus Woodlot, PerceptionAbstract
Apple-based agroforestry and Eucalyptus woodlot were the most preferable agroforestry practices in high land and midland areas of the world. In Ethiopia, particularly, Basona worana district woodlot is more commonly practiced than Apple based agroforestry. The study aimed to investigate the farmers’ perception and determinants for adoption of apple-based agroforestry and Eucalyptus woodlot. Three kebeles were selected purposively based on the existence of Apple-based agroforestry and Eucalyptus woodlots. Households were classified in to adopter and non-adopter of the above selected two agroforestry practices. Then 118 (59 adopters and 59 non-adopters) sample household were selected by simple random sampling. Statistical package for social science (SPSS) software version 27 was used to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics such as percentage and mean were calculated to analyze the perception of farmers by Likert scale. Binary logit regression model was used to analyze the determinants for the adoption of the practices. 81.4% of the respondents agreed that Apple-based agroforestry has more economic benefit than Eucalyptus woodlot. Also 76.3% of the respondents reported that Apple-based agroforestry needs more management practice than annual crops, but 94.6% of the sample households reported that Eucalyptus woodlot needs less management practice than annual crops. Apple-based agroforestry increases crops growth and conserves soil/water as reported by 76.3% and 81.4% of the respondents respectively. But also Eucalyptus woodlots decrease crops growth and conserves soil/water as reported by 96.6% and 91.5% of the respondents respectively. Keeping all other determinants constant, if the education level (Level of category), farm land size (in hectare) and extension service (day/month) increased by one unit the probability of farmers to adopt Apple –based agroforestry and Eucalyptus woodlot will increased by a factor of 3.155, 5.216, and 33.110 respectively. But if distance of HHs from market increased by one kilometer, Apple –based agroforestry and Eucalyptus woodlot adoption tendency decreased by a factor of 0.73, keeping all other factors constant.
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