Improved maize technology adoption and its intensity among male- and female-headed households in Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
Improved maize technology adoption and its intensity among male- and female-headed households in Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia
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埃塞俄比亚西南部达乌罗地区男女户主家庭的玉米技术采用率和强度有所提高
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10.1080/09718524.2022.2140382
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2022
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Yuichiro Amekawa & Dil Bahadur Rahut
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Girma Gezimu Gebre;Yuichiro Amekawa & Dil Bahadur Rahut
在埃塞俄比亚，男性和女性户主的农户都种植玉米。然而，人们对男性和女性户主家庭在采用玉米高产技术方面的差异知之甚少。本研究探讨了埃塞俄比亚西南部达乌罗地区男性和女性户主家庭在采用改良玉米技术的决定和采用强度方面的差异。该研究使用 2018 年从埃塞俄比亚达乌罗地区 560 个玉米生产户收集的原始数据。由于女户主家庭的情况不同，本研究分别评估了事实上的女户主家庭和法律上的女户主家庭在改良玉米技术采用方面的性别差异。结果表明，男户主家庭管理的地块采用改良玉米品种（IMV）和化肥的强度与女户主家庭管理的地块存在统计差异。与男户主家庭相比，女户主家庭使用IMV和化肥的强度较低。由于经济状况是采用 IMV 和施肥的关键驱动因素，因此建议达乌罗地区旨在开发和传播优质玉米种子和肥料的政策和计划应支持经济贫困的女户主家庭，特别是法律上的女户主。
Both male- and female-headed farm households grow maize in Ethiopia. However, little is known about the difference between male- and female-headed households in the adoption of high-yielding technologies for maize. This study examines the difference between male- and female-headed households in their decision to adopt and the intensity of adoption of improved maize technologies in Dawuro zone, Southwestern Ethiopia. The study uses primary data collected in 2018 from 560 maize-producing households in Dawuro zone, Ethiopia. As the female-headed households are not homogenous, this study separately assessed gender differences in improved maize technology adoption betweende factofemale-headed households andde jurefemale-headed households. The results show that the intensity of adoption of improved maize varieties (IMVs) and chemical fertilizers on plots managed by male-headed households is statistically different from those managed by female-headed households. The intensity of adoption of IMVs and chemical fertilizers by female-headed household is lower compared to male-headed households. As economic status is a key driver of the adoption of IMVs and fertilizer application, it is recommended that the policies and programs that aim at developing and disseminating quality maize seeds and fertilizers in Dawuro zone should support economically poor female-headed households, particularly,de jurefemale heads.