Determinants of Farmers’ Potato Marketing in Kofale District, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Asfaw Negesse Senbeta

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Determinants of Farmers’ Potato Marketing in Kofale District, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Asfaw Negesse Senbeta

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Agriculture in Ethiopia is dominated by smallholder and largely subsistence farmers who are intended to meet household food consumption. To increase the smallholder farmers’ income and reduce rural poverty, subsistence agriculture needs improvement through increasing production and productivity of potatoes. Therefore, improving the smallholder farmers’ potato production and marketing is required, in order to improve access to food and sustainable livelihoods. The overall objective of this study was to analyze status of commercialization factors influencing farmers’ potato production and marketing in Kofele district. To conduct the study, primary data was collected from 150 randomly selected household heads through semi-structured questionnaire. The district average potato production is 52 quintals / household. All sample potato producers in the study area produce using rain-fed. The sample households allocated more cultivated land for potato production next to barley. Regression analysis linear model (OLS) indicated potato production significantly affected by education level, ownership of livestock, total family size for production and land allocated for potato production positively and significantly. The potato supply to market significantly and negatively affected by family size while amount of potato produced, frequency of extension contact and access to market information affect it positively. The study indicated that the government, stakeholders and concerned bodies need to focus on facilitating increase productivity of potatoes, improving livestock production, strengthen extension service and disseminate market information to producers so as to improve potato production and marketing.

Published in	International Journal of Business and Economics Research (Volume 11, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijber.20221103.15
Page(s)	140-149
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Kofale, Marketing, Multiple Regression and Smallholders

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Department of Socio-economics Oromia Agricultural Research Institute Adami Tulu Research Center, Batu, Ethiopia

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Asfaw Negesse Senbeta. Determinants of Farmers’ Potato Marketing in Kofale District, West Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Int J Bus Econ Res. 2022;11(3):140-149. doi: 10.11648/j.ijber.20221103.15

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