Economic Analysis of Minimum Tillage on Small Holder Farmers Income in East Wollaga and West Shoa Zone, Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia

Particularly crop production in Ethiopia is characterized by intensive tillage and especially these resource poor farmers with limited access to draft power were more affected by thus repeated tillage. Survey was conducted to determine benefits of minimum tillage practices and to identify factor affects adoption of minimum tillage practice for teff production in East Wollaga and West Shoa zone of western Oromia region of Ethiopia. The Survey was conducted in four districts of the zone namely Diga and Sibu Sire from East Wollaga zone, Liban Jawi and Bako Tibe districts from West Shoa zone. Furthermore, the survey was carried out with 205 farmers in four districts where minimum tillage (MT) practice was expected to be relatively high. In the study the minimum tillage practice was calculated to profit 1.8 birr for each 1 birr of costs than for conventional tillage (1.3 birr). A logistic regression was used to estimate how marginal changes in household characteristics affect the probability of MT adoption. Farmers who have never tried MT have less access to training and credit access. They were also having high family size, with old age than adopter. To promote the adoption of MT, policymakers and concerned stakeholders should consider small holder farmers’ age, family size, access to training and credit aspects for promotion of minimum tillage practices.