Determinants Of Teff Production And Productivity Of Small Holder Farmers: The Case Of Adea Berga Woreda, West Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Abstract

Teff is indigenous to Ethiopia in its origin. Unique character of teff in production required to study determinant production and productivity of Teff. This study is conducted in six kebeles of Adea Berga Worada. The study was mainly used the 2014 (2006/7 E.C) production season at rural small household farmers level which was collected by questionnaire. The main objectives of the thesis are to determine Total Factor Productivity (TFP) of farmers, to know determinants of teff production and productivity and to manipulate the efficiency level of the farmer of the district. The researcher used Cobb-Douglas production function and stochastic Frontier production function to analysis TFP and TE of farmers respectively. Production and productivity can be boosted either through increased use of inputs and/or improvement in technology or by improving the efficiency of farmers given fixed level inputs and technology.