Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 20 ISSUE 1
Written by Seid HASSEN, Rijalu NEGASH, Mulubrihan BAYISSA

Teff is very essential cereal crop in Ethiopia, especially in Horo Buluk district. It is produced for food and income generating by majority of the respondents. This study was aimed to analyzing factors affecting market participation and participation decision of teff producers in Horo Buluk district. This research was employed the first hand data that gathered from 190 randomly chosen teff producers and double hurdle model was employed to classify the determinants of market participation decision and intensity of participation. In the first hurdle, age, educational status of the household head, perception of farmer on lagged teff market price, number of oxen, chemical fertilizer used, cooperative membership, farm size allocated to teff and family size were found to influence the participation in teff sales considerably. In the 2nd hurdle; schooling level of the household head, number of oxen owned, chemical fertilizer employed, size of land covered by teff and distance from nearest market were found to have significant role in intensity of participation. Working towards improving rural education system, scaling up the family planning program; enhancing access to market and institutional services; and assist the producers to enhance land productivity, where possible, by intensifying farm practices through provision of sustainable and timely availability of inputs are strategies to increase farmers' participation in teff marketing.

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