DETERMINATION OF ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION PRACTICES: THE CASE OF SMALLHOLDER VEGETABLE FARMERS IN EAST HARARGHE ZONE, OROMIA REGION, ETHIOPIA
Agriculture is still the leading sector in economic development of Ethiopia. Recently, farmers’ adoption of sustainable intensification practices considered as the best strategy to ensure economic and environmental sustainability concomitantly. The aim of this study was to identify determinants of adoption of sustainable intensification practices in eastern part of Oromia region, Ethiopia. Using multistage sampling technique, 383 households was drawn from the study population. The study used multivariate probit model to analyse factors influencing adoption of sustainable intensification practices. The result of the model revealed that factors like Extension service, Education, Farm size, Livestock and access to training significantly an positively enhance adoption of sustainable intensification practices while access to media negatively influence adoption of sustainable intensification practices. The results of the study also indicate that there is complementarity between crop rotation and conservation tillage and a negative correlation between organic fertilizer and conservation tillage. From the result we can conclude that adoption of sustainable intensification practices are complementary and can jointly better enhance soil and environmental conservation.
adoption, sustainable intensification practices, multivariate probit, Ethiopia.