Farming System Characterization of Arsizone: Case of Small-Scale Farming

Tamrat Gebiso Challa; Aman Nebo Tibesso; Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo

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Farming System Characterization of Arsizone: Case of Small-Scale Farming

Tamrat Gebiso Challa, Aman Nebo Tibesso, Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo

Published in American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 4, Issue 1)

Received: 2 November 2018 Accepted: 1 February 2019 Published: 28 February 2019

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Precise technological intervention and policy support needs identification and characterization of farm types. Therefore, farming system characterization is a vital activity for agricultural technologies generators or researchers, development practitioners and policy makers. Therefore, this farming system characterization research activity was initiated with objectives of identifying and characterizing the crop production system, identifying and prioritizing the major production system of agriculture in Arsi zone and to forward the possible intervention mechanisms for each farming typology. In general the farming system in Arsi zone is a crop-livestock mixed farming with small amount of lowland pastoralists. In this research further classification of farming typologies were identified. Accordingly, around seven broadly categorized farming typologies were identified which are lowland agro-pastoral, coffee-khat tree based, irrigation based, highland barley-root crop based maize-sorghum based, mechanized wheat belt farm type and non-mechanized wheat belt. The production potentials and constraints for each farming system typology were also discussed in this research output report. Constraints that could be tackled by research centers and development practitioners like office of agriculture and natural resource development, livestock resource development, irrigation development offices and support institutions like cooperatives and credit institutions were identified and prioritized. Though there is tendency of hasty generalization of Arsi zone as wheat enterprise specialized farming typology from policy makers, in this research finding it was recognized that Arsi zone has a diversified farming system that need multiple solutions from different experts and disciplines.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajere.20190401.12
Page(s)	12-24
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Farming System Characterization, Small Scale Farming, Farming Typologies, Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State

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Tamrat Gebiso Challa, Aman Nebo Tibesso, Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo. (2019). Farming System Characterization of Arsizone: Case of Small-Scale Farming. American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics, 4(1), 12-24. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajere.20190401.12

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Tamrat Gebiso Challa; Aman Nebo Tibesso; Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo. Farming System Characterization of Arsizone: Case of Small-Scale Farming. Am. J. Environ. Resour. Econ. 2019, 4(1), 12-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20190401.12

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Tamrat Gebiso Challa, Aman Nebo Tibesso, Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo. Farming System Characterization of Arsizone: Case of Small-Scale Farming. Am J Environ Resour Econ. 2019;4(1):12-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20190401.12

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Tamrat Gebiso Challa

Agricultural Economics and Extension Directorate, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Asella, Ethiopia
Aman Nebo Tibesso

Agricultural Economics and Extension Directorate, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Asella, Ethiopia
Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo

Agricultural Engineering Directorate, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Asella, Ethiopia

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Tamrat Gebiso Challa; Aman Nebo Tibesso; Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo. Farming System Characterization of Arsizone: Case of Small-Scale Farming. Am. J. Environ. Resour. Econ. 2019, 4(1), 12-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20190401.12

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Tamrat Gebiso Challa, Aman Nebo Tibesso, Ashebir Tsegayie Mamo. Farming System Characterization of Arsizone: Case of Small-Scale Farming. Am J Environ Resour Econ. 2019;4(1):12-24. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20190401.12

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