The Determinant Factors of Sugarcane Productivity: The Case of Wondo Genet, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was conducted to identify the factors affecting sugarcane productivity in Wondo Genet, Ethiopia. Data's were collected from 80 sugarcane growers from Wosha Soyama and Wotera Kechema Kebele administration. Data were collected during the period 2015/16 G.C harvesting. The input output relationship were analyzed by Cobb-Douglas production function. The result of Cobb-Douglas production function  reveals that  land holding size, costs of  inputs for land preparation, DAP and urea were highly significant at 1% level with positive coefficients 0.33, 1.86, 0.65 and 0.18, respectively. Education level and the cost of FYM was significant at 5% level with coefficients of 0.24 and -0.04.  The coefficient of adjusted multiple determinations R² was 0.8624, which indicated that it is well fitted and  86% variation in the variables was explained by all the hypothesized explanatory variables. On the basis of the research findings  some recommendations were given so as enhance sugarcane productivity in the study area. These are; Promotion of formal education, decreasing input cost of Urea, DAP, FYM and cost of land preparation. Finally the government and other related body should work towards use of intensification method for sugarcane production so as to solve the problem of small land holder farmers.

Keywords: Sugarcane, Cobb-Douglas function, urea, cost of irrigation, land preparation, FYM, formal education, land holding size.