Abstract:
North Shewa is inhabited by rural agricultural households on an area o f agricultural
land consisting o f arable and unarable lands. Out o f the 24 Woredas 8 are identified to
be AGP-II supported Woredas namely: Tarimaber, Kewet, Efratanagidim, Antsokiagemiza,
Bassonawerana, Minjarshenkora. Moretinajiru and Siyadebimawayu-
Woredas. This research program was initiated as a component o f the AGP research supported
activities.
The purpose o f this research is to analyze the production system using participatory
approach and produce localized production constraints and potential from the Zonal to
the selected woreda level. This research document includes woreda-level major production
constraints and potential for major crops grown in the areas. Given the large scale
o f the survey and its use o f a consistent methodology; we used data collected in 2016.
In addition, we used CSA 2016 baseline survey data to verity our findings.
This research will provide a more opinion, finer view o f where production is taking
place given the relative diversity o f production within the Zone. Hence, this study is
expected to fill the knowledge gap by providing important insights into the nature o f
agricultural constraints and exploring production potentials. Hence, policy makers at
federal and regional states in the farming systems, the agricultural and rural development
agents, nongovernmental organizations, private agricultural investors, researchers
and the sample woredas can benefit from the results o f this study.
This paper is divided into three sections. Section 1 presents introduction part. Section 2
provides a detailed description o f the data used for the analysis and the methods used
for the estimations. Section 3 presents the results o f socioeconomic, crop production
and managements, livestock production and managements and natural resource and
managements. For all disciplines prioritized problems, proposed areas for further research
and recommendations are presented in each part.
