It also attempts the performance of the market through the evaluation of the marketing activities along the different marketing channels of the crop. Agriculture is the mainstay and backbone of the countrys economy employing the largest proportions of its population. Rice is among the most important food crops grown in different parts of ethiopia asmelash. A stochastic frontier approach tadesse zenebe lema1, solomon amare tessema2 and fentahun addis abebe3 abstract the aim of this paper is to analyze the technical efficiency of rice production in fogera district of ethiopia. Furthermore, since approximately 50% of the rice produced in mississippi is exported to other countries, mississippi rice production is also important internationally. Humans have lived there longer than anywhere else, perhaps more than 100,000 years. We also provide other hidden data columns in rice import report of ethiopia including ethiopian importer name and ethiopian exporter name. Pdf advances in rice research and development in ethiopia. Rice value chain development in fogera woreda based on the ipms experience abstract rice is a staple food crop for more than half of the worlds population. Rice has been gathered, consumed, and cultivated by women and men worldwide for more than 10,000 years longer than any other crop. Beighley encyclopedia of life support systems eolss 2. Rice agronomy plays a great role in increasing and sustaining rice production and productivity.
We simulated impacts on rice in irrigated systems dry season and wet season and rainfed systems upland and lowland. The national rice and development strategy of ethiopia moard, 2010 has identified the weredas indicated in table 1 as having household level rice production activity. Poor soil fertility is among the major factors limiting the rice production. Rice seed sector development strategies of ethiopia. Rice for africa is the coalition for african rice development card online presence. Pdf downloads current agriculture research journal. During the survey in all regions, except afar and gambella, there was household level rice production. Unreliable production and marketing arrangements have also contributed to this situation. Rice is a recently introduced crop that contributes to food security and farm income in ethiopia. Adoption of rice technologies is very slow in spite of its potential in the area. Spices in ethiopia the history of spices in ethiopia is an ancient one and spices remain as basic food items of the ethiopian people. This study employed the cobbdouglas stochastic frontier production function to measure the level and determinants of technical efficiency of smallholder rice producers in the fogera district of. This research project will emphasize research in agronomic practices for rice production in mississippi. Rice is an important staple food crop in africa with a growing demand that poses an economic challenge for the african continent.
Factors affecting adoption of upland rice in tselemti. Agricultural water management and smallholder rice production in. Rice cultivation in ethiopia has begun at fogera amhara region and gambella plains in the early 1970s. Progress in production increase and success factors. It is reported that the potential rice production area in ethiopia, which is estimated to be about thirty million hectares. Promoting ethiopias rice industry for import substitution. Ethiopia to build research center to boost rice production. Demand for rice began to outstrip supply due to population increase and improved standard of living.
Pdf determinants of improved rice adoption in fogera. Global production of rice has risen steadily from around 200 million metric tons mt of unmilled rice in 1960, to over 678 million mt in 2009. Rice types and products there are two main types of rice, japonica and indica, differentiated by the area where they are grown and by their traits when cooked. Pdf determinants of rice production and marketing in low. Rice value chain development in fogera woreda based on the. Analysis of the technical efficiency of rice production in fogera district of ethiopia. Due mainly to its relatively recent history of cultivation in ethiopia, the scientific information available with regards to the response of rice to n and p sources of fertilizers for its production is very limited.
The ethiopian agriculture is characterized by the use of inadequate production technologies that in a variable climate produces important fluctuations in crop yields, uncertainties, and food insecurities. This book examines rice production in the supply potential areas of the north western part of ethiopia, and analyzes the determinants of marketed surplus, production cost structure and profitability. Grain production constitutes the major share of agricultural production and contributes significantly to the national domestic product. The programme for the high level roundtable and agenda for discussions is being compiled by dawit alemu. The discovery of wild rice in the fogera plain in the. Country profiles this project focuses on ethiopia, kenya, and tanzania.
By taddesse lakewagronomy task force and processing and value addition task force workshop 2225november 2011 cotonou, benin at africa rice. The three main riceproducing regions were amhara, oromia, and snnpr having. Africas savannas are probably the oldest grasslands on earth and have changed little during the last 14 million years. However, the relationship between commercialization and its subsequent effect on farmers welfare in pakistan is lacking. Rice is compatible with various traditional food recipes like bread, soup, enjera, and local beverages like tela and areki. Rice research and production in ethiopia slideshare. Increase area of rice production due to high rice price. Farmers willingness to pay for rice postharvest handling. Effects of n and p fertilizer application rates on yield. Determinants of commercialization and its impact on the. Ethiopia is the homeland for many spices, for example korarima, long pepper, black cumin, bishops weed and coriander. Ethiopias lowland and intermediate areas demonstrates the.
Analysis of the technical efficiency of rice production in. Working paper ids opendocs institute of development studies. Tareke berhe, director of rice programs for the sasakawa africa association based in addis ababa, has planned to demonstrate a version of sri management with teff, the most important cereal crop in ethiopia which he is calling system of teff intensification sti at three sites during the 2010 off. Impacts of climate change on rice production in africa and. Apra research features in publication on ethiopian rice. Rice is a staple food in many countries of africa and constitutes a major part of the diet in many others. Ethiopia is one of the developing african countries with high population and food insecurity. Despite this increase in domestic production, rice. The importance of rice crop in the ethiopian agriculture is increasing from time. Addis ababa february 272015 a research and training center that will help to boost rice production in ethiopia in the coming five years will be built with the support of the government of japan. Rice was first introduced in ethiopia in the 1970s and has been cultivated in small pockets of the country today yemane, 2014. Factors that transformed maize productivity in ethiopia. Effect of row spacing and nitrogen fertilizer levels on. The possibility of growing rice in rainfed and irrigated agroecosystems of.
The rate of increase in rice consumption has outweighed the rate of increase in domestic production, which has to be met by rice imports. Most government policies are inappropriate and inconsistent, and do not provide an enabling environment for the development of the cereal. Rice production by country world agricultural production. Domestic production of rice in ghana has been less than consumption needs, for a long period of time. Southeast asian production is down on the effects of drought in. Analysis of technical efficiency of rice production in fogera district of.
We use the ethiopian national curriculum supplemented by the. Review of rice response to fertilizer rates and time of. The estimated potential of ethiopia for upland rice production is 30 million hectare, but production area of rice was lower than other cereals teff, sorghum. It is the most important food crop for about half of the human race. Pdf technical efficiency of lowland rice production in. Review on integrated pest management of important disease.
As per the fourth advance estimates for 201617, production of rice is estimated at a new record of 110. The case of fogera woreda, south gonder, ethiopia a thesis submitted to the department of rural development and. Sri concepts and practices being extrapolated to teff. However, there are several constraints which drastically affect rice production and its marketing system under smallholder farmers condition. During the same period, the total paddy rough rice production has increased by about 16fold from. Ethiopia, africas oldest independent country and the cradle of an ancient civilization, is fast emerging as one of the big riceproducing countries in subsaharan africa.
This research intended to identify factors affecting adoption of rice technologies. This result shows that rice farming in ethiopia, like most agricultural activities, is households engaged in rice production are dominantly male headed. For a country like ethiopia, which is dependent on exports of agricultural products to generate required foreign currency, the burden rice creates is. Although several regions production levels are down yearoveryear, a bumper 201920 global rice harvest is still expected, with production just around half a percent lower from the prior year record. The area under cultivation has increased from 6,421 ha in 2006 to 58,506 ha in 20. In ethiopia, increasing crop production is crucial for attaining food security and providing inputs for the industrial sector.
Edri research report 30, addis ababa, ethiopian development. Weeds, pests, soil nutrient deficiencies and terminal moisture stress are the major causes of low rice productivity in ethiopia. The study was conducted in western part of ethiopia at assosa with the objective to identify better performance and stable rice genotypes under rainfed lowland rice ecosystem. Pdf ethiopia has the potential to increase rice production and productivity, though the present availability of quality seeds falls well below. The geographical distribution of the woredas is depicted in figure 1. Rice is a national school setting international standards that started in september 2014, in addis ababa, ethiopia. Rice import data of ethiopia ethiopian imports data of rice. Although rice was introduced to the country very recently, it has proven to be a crop that can assure food security in ethiopia. Dawit alemu 6th card general meeting novermbert, 2015. Rice cultivation is a new practice to tselemti district of tigray region, ethiopia. The potential rainfed rice production area in ethiopia is estimated to be about thirty million hectares estimated based on gis techniques and rice agroecological requirement. Federal democratic republic of ethiopia central statistical agency. Card is a consultative group of bilateral donors and regional and international organizations working in collaboration with rice producing african countries. Therefore, this study is scheduled to fill this gap by analyzing the socioeconomic determinants of commercialization and its subsequent effects on smallholder rice farmers welfare in northern pakistan.
The average land covering by spices is approximately. Progress in production increase and success factors dr. So, to get complete rice shipping records of ethiopia imports, fill up our request demo form. A multistage sampling technique was employed to select 150 sample households for this study. Rice is a recent introduction in ethiopia where its breeding and other research components are found at infant stage.
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