The purpose of this study was to identify determinants of motor pump adoption and its impact on Smallholders Farmers' income, in Southern Ethiopia. Primary data were collected from 140 sample respondents drawn from both motor pump...
moreThe purpose of this study was to identify determinants of motor pump adoption and its impact on Smallholders Farmers' income, in Southern Ethiopia. Primary data were collected from 140 sample respondents drawn from both motor pump adopting and non-adopting households. Secondary data were also collected from different sources. Descriptive statistics and econometric model were employed for data analysis. The logistic regression estimation of factors determining adoption of motor pump revealed that age of household head, gender, education level, availability of shallow ground water, number of adult family members, farm land size, participation in local organization and access to credit significantly influenced adoption of motor pump. Propensity score matching method was applied to analyze impact of motor pump adoption on outcome variable. The result revealed that motor pump adopting households had increased annual agricultural income on average 88047.49(Birr) per year compared to non-adopting households. Result showed that adoption of motor pump has significant positive impact on household annual agricultural income. Therefore, the study recommends establishing private manual well drilling enterprises at local and regional level to provide low cost access to ground water for pro-poor farmers that would expand the irrigated farm production area, and encouraging enterprises that combine the supply of standard pumps, technical support and spare parts to farmers and market for the produce would greatly improve the use of water lifting technologies (motor pump) and brings economic benefits to farmers. In addition, provision of well-functioning credit facility to improve adoption rate by female farmers to address gender imbalances.
