Pattern, Trend and Determinants of Crop Diversification: Empirical Evidence from Smallholders in Eastern Ethiopia

By W. Mesfin, B. Fufa, J. Haji. 2011

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The Determinants and Extent of Crop Diversification Among Smallholder Farmers: A Case Study of Southern Province Zambia (2014, background): “Studies indicate that there is a positive relationship between possession of farm implements and machinery by a farmer and diversification (Mesfin et al., 2011).”
Determinants of farm diversification in integrated crop–livestock farming systems in Ghana (2017, background): “Relevant farm-level factors include the number of crops cultivated and the livestock managed by farm households, the total land area cultivated, total value of outputs, types of crops cultivated, hired and family labor, use of complementary technologies and quantity of fertilizer used (Weiss and Bri”
From Poverty to Disaster and Back: a Review of the Literature (2020, background): “Crop choice and other forms of agricultural diversification are a form of insurance against various agricultural risks for rural households, which have been used in Ethiopia by risk-averse farmers (Mesfin et al. 2011).”
Factors affecting farmers' crops diversification: Evidence from SNNPR, Ethiopia (2013, background): “Similarly, Wondimagegn et al. (2011) applied the same model and revealed that extension, livestock, market information, access to irrigation, number of farm plots and ownership of farm machinery significantly affected crop diversification in eastern Ethiopia.”