Book Reviews by Negussie Siyum
The study is based on a narrative review approach using published sources in the area of agricult... more The study is based on a narrative review approach using published sources in the area of agricultural technology adoption. Despite many improved varieties and agronomic practices have been released and recommended to the farmers, the adoption of these technologies remained below the expected figure. Hence it is pertinent to understand factors affecting wheat technology adoption in Ethiopia. Factors such as, Age of the farmer, farmers" learning and experience, family labor, field days, Sex, total active household labor in man equivalent, access to credit, livestock ownership, education of household head, trainings, demonstrations, extension contact, mass media, farm income, farm size and, access to all weather roads and market distance positively and significantly affect adoption of wheat by smallholder farmers. Therefore, measures such as, establishing better input supply, developing agricultural information system and availing farm machineries should be taken to overcome the above constraints of wheat technology adoption.
Africa is rich in natural as well as human resources which are the basis for the prosperity of a ... more Africa is rich in natural as well as human resources which are the basis for the prosperity of a given nation. Despite its potential the continent is
still underdeveloped. Different scholars have tried to analyze the root causes of under development in Africa in different perspective. Some from the colonization perspective and others from the political set up of the continent. Based on this rational, we were initiated to review different literature to identify the real causes of poverty in Africa, and to recommend an appropriate development theory for the continent. The socio -political set up of African countries has a similarity with those of the East Asian nations which have brought economic progress through exercising developmental state.
These countries were able to solve their citizens’ unemployment through implementing technical education in their education policy, which is the
peculiar feature of developmental state. Therefore, African leaders have to strive for change in the continent to reverse the situation through applying developmental state theory and gradually in a way of exercising democratic culture in the region.
Papers by Negussie Siyum
Advances in Agriculture, 2022
Tef is a major staple crop in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Many improved Tef varieties were released fro... more Tef is a major staple crop in Ethiopia and Eritrea. Many improved Tef varieties were released from the Ethiopian research institute in the past three decades. Information on the farmers’ adoption status and perception on released improved Tef technology have paramount importance for launching new and modifying Tef technology packages. However, such information is meager in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study was conducted to assess farmers’ status and perception of improved Tef technologies. A multistage random sampling technique was employed to select sample of 224 Tef grower farmers. The results were interpreted and discussed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result indicated that farmers in the study area found at the medium level of adoption of Tef production technology (i.e., the average adoption index is 0.43). The findings also confirm that farmers perception towards the relative advantages of improved Tef varieties shows that high grain yield, good germination, e...
Agro Bali : Agricultural Journal
In Ethiopia, a great variety of diseases affects faba bean production. However, gall forming faba... more In Ethiopia, a great variety of diseases affects faba bean production. However, gall forming faba bean new disease has become a very serious disease that seriously affected faba beans producing areas of Wollo. This prescalling up of integrated faba bean gall technology has been conducted at Meket and Wadla woredas of north Wollo in 2017/18 to create wider demand on the management of gall disease and to enhance integrated gall disease management technology dissemination. The study areas were selected purposively due to high infestation of the disease. A total of 32 farmers were selected based on a voluntary base. Adjacent farms of 5.7 ha at Wadla and 3 ha at Meket was selected and clustered accordingly. Integrated disease management i.e seed dressing with 300 gm Baylaton/100Kg seed, improved varieties and hand weeding were applied as a package for the control of the disease. Dosha with chemical gave an average gain yield of 2.2 tons/ha at Meket whereas Wolki with chemical gave an av...
The low or non-adoption of improved agricultural technologies might be resulted from inadequate p... more The low or non-adoption of improved agricultural technologies might be resulted from inadequate participation of farmers at all stages of the process of benefiting farmers. The current study was conducted in the representative sorghum producing areas of Wollo i.e. Raya kobo , Kalu and Dawa chefa with the objective of assessing farmers’ preference towards improved sorghum varieties and providing a menu of sorghum technologies. The study was conducted in 2019 cropping season having one year duration. Both inferential and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the collected data. Farmers’ perception was assessed using preference ranking and narration. Moreover, Agricultural events such as field days and experience sharing were prepared to capture farmers’ perception about the technologies. GenStat v.18 th was used to analyze the data. Analysis of variance was employed to test the mean difference of yield among varieties. The result of ANOVA showed that improved sorghum varieties ...
Agro Bali : Agricultural Journal
The study was basically focused on demonstration of bread wheat technologies for wider demand-dri... more The study was basically focused on demonstration of bread wheat technologies for wider demand-driven technology diffusion in major wheat growing area in high land of eastern Amhara. The objectives were in order to evaluate and demonstrate improved bread wheat variety with their production package to the farming community and assess farmers and extension workers reaction towards improved bread wheat technology. The activity was conducted in main season 2019/2020 at Jama and Meket districts. The fact that wheat production and productivity in the region as well as in the particular study area low because farmers are using low yielding, disease and pest resistant local varieties. The improved bread wheat variety was demonstrated along with the local variety at 12 farmers' fields. Yield data, economic data, farmers’ perception and preferences were collected throughout the demonstration stages and data were analyzed by using ANOVA, partial budget analysis and preference ranking. The r...
Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.] locally known as “Bajra” is a nutritious course grai... more Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br.] locally known as “Bajra” is a nutritious course grain cereal. Globally, it is grown on an area of 34.6 million ha with annual production of 28.8 million tons. Demonstration of improved variety kola 1 was conducted in 2016/17 cropping season at Gubalafto and Raya kobo districts to create demand on the pearl millet technology to farmers and development agents and thereby to assess their reactions towards the introduced technology. It was conducted on two FTC’s from kobo and Gubalafto districts. Though all agronomic practices were employed equally at both locations the performance of the variety varies significantly. The variety Kola 1 gave mean grain yield of 3.2 ton/ha and 1.8 ton/ha at Kobo and Hara respectively. The study indicated that cultivating pearl millet in moisture deficit areas can be an alternative for sustaining food security. Farmers have shown great interest and promised to adopt the technology from their neighbor farmers. Therefore technology promotions and popularization on the study and similar agro ecological areas should be carried out in collaboration with stake holders.
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Book Reviews by Negussie Siyum
still underdeveloped. Different scholars have tried to analyze the root causes of under development in Africa in different perspective. Some from the colonization perspective and others from the political set up of the continent. Based on this rational, we were initiated to review different literature to identify the real causes of poverty in Africa, and to recommend an appropriate development theory for the continent. The socio -political set up of African countries has a similarity with those of the East Asian nations which have brought economic progress through exercising developmental state.
These countries were able to solve their citizens’ unemployment through implementing technical education in their education policy, which is the
peculiar feature of developmental state. Therefore, African leaders have to strive for change in the continent to reverse the situation through applying developmental state theory and gradually in a way of exercising democratic culture in the region.
Papers by Negussie Siyum
still underdeveloped. Different scholars have tried to analyze the root causes of under development in Africa in different perspective. Some from the colonization perspective and others from the political set up of the continent. Based on this rational, we were initiated to review different literature to identify the real causes of poverty in Africa, and to recommend an appropriate development theory for the continent. The socio -political set up of African countries has a similarity with those of the East Asian nations which have brought economic progress through exercising developmental state.
These countries were able to solve their citizens’ unemployment through implementing technical education in their education policy, which is the
peculiar feature of developmental state. Therefore, African leaders have to strive for change in the continent to reverse the situation through applying developmental state theory and gradually in a way of exercising democratic culture in the region.