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Determinants of Female Farmers Access to Agrarian Extension Services: A case study from Ethiopia

Savini Nicci, Miranda LU (2023) EKHS42 20231
Department of Economic History
Abstract (Swedish)
This paper aims at investigating the determinants of female farmers access to Agrarian
Extension Services in Ethiopia, where extension services represent a critical tool for the
development of the agrarian sector. Despite the country’s efforts to develop a gender-responsive
extension system, several bottlenecks are negatively driving down women’s access to these
services. By reviewing previous works and employing the Ethiopian Socio-economic Survey
from 2018-2019, this research collected a set of determinants that were then tested trough a
logistic regression. In order to investigate their individual effect on female farmers access to
Agrarian Extension Services. Among the eighteenth determinants tested, eight were shown to
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This paper aims at investigating the determinants of female farmers access to Agrarian
Extension Services in Ethiopia, where extension services represent a critical tool for the
development of the agrarian sector. Despite the country’s efforts to develop a gender-responsive
extension system, several bottlenecks are negatively driving down women’s access to these
services. By reviewing previous works and employing the Ethiopian Socio-economic Survey
from 2018-2019, this research collected a set of determinants that were then tested trough a
logistic regression. In order to investigate their individual effect on female farmers access to
Agrarian Extension Services. Among the eighteenth determinants tested, eight were shown to
have significantly affected women’s access; respectively, the average of the years of female
education and having individual or joint ownership rights over a parcel of land were found to
have a significant negative effect on women’s access. Meanwhile, access to water service at the
community level, use of chemical fertilizers, having access to a credit service, being among the
decision-maker for what concerns land-related decisions, the frequency of participation among
watershed activities and the cost of going with public transportation to the closest woreda town
were found to have a positive significant effect on women’s access to agrarian extension
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author
Savini Nicci, Miranda LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS42 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Agrarian Development, Agricultural Extension Services (AES), Female Small-holder Farmers, Ethiopia
language
English
id
9129895
date added to LUP
2023-08-30 08:00:38
date last changed
2023-08-30 08:00:38
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  abstract     = {{This paper aims at investigating the determinants of female farmers access to Agrarian 
Extension Services in Ethiopia, where extension services represent a critical tool for the 
development of the agrarian sector. Despite the country’s efforts to develop a gender-responsive 
extension system, several bottlenecks are negatively driving down women’s access to these 
services. By reviewing previous works and employing the Ethiopian Socio-economic Survey 
from 2018-2019, this research collected a set of determinants that were then tested trough a 
logistic regression. In order to investigate their individual effect on female farmers access to 
Agrarian Extension Services. Among the eighteenth determinants tested, eight were shown to 
have significantly affected women’s access; respectively, the average of the years of female 
education and having individual or joint ownership rights over a parcel of land were found to 
have a significant negative effect on women’s access. Meanwhile, access to water service at the 
community level, use of chemical fertilizers, having access to a credit service, being among the 
decision-maker for what concerns land-related decisions, the frequency of participation among 
watershed activities and the cost of going with public transportation to the closest woreda town
were found to have a positive significant effect on women’s access to agrarian extension 
services.}},
  author       = {{Savini Nicci, Miranda}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Determinants of Female Farmers Access to Agrarian Extension Services: A case study from Ethiopia}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}