Gender Disparity in Agricultural Extension Service Delivery: the Case of Gedeb Woreda, West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia - Softcover

Merga, Kaba; Karippai, Ranjan S.; Tesfaye, Teklu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659306746 ISBN 13: 9783659306747

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The study analyzed the gender disparity in agricultural extension service delivery between female- headed and male-headed households in Gedeb Woreda of West Arsi zone. The specific objectives were to assess the types of agricultural extension services provided to farmers; to identify the level of farmers’ participation in agricultural extension services delivery; and to assess the gender disparity and its determinants in agricultural extension service delivery. Purposeful sampling method was employed to select Peasant Kebele Administrations of a maximum number of female- headed households at an aim to get the required number of FHHs for the study. Based on this, cross-sectional data were collected from 160 respondents that systematically selected for this study whereby 51 were female-headed and 109 were male-headed households (MHHs). The result of this study revealed that the educational level of the household heads, livestock holding, access to credit; access to extension contact; farm size and mass media exposure had a significant and positive influence on the participation of households in full extension package service.

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About the Author:

The author was born in Nedjo Woreda, Ethiopia. He attended his BSc and MSc degrees in rural development and agricultural extension at Haramaya University. He served in ministry of agriculture at Woreda, zone and federal levels for 26 years. Currently he is working in Ethiopian Sugar Corporation as the general manager of Kesem sugar factory project.

About this edition

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 3659306746
• ISBN 13: 9783659306747
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116