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A large majority of Ethiopians and the poor live in rural areas are deriving their livelihood from agriculture. The major grain crops grown in Ethiopia are teff, wheat, maize, barley, sorghum, and millet. Teff has remained an important crop to Ethiopian farmers for several reasons, namely: the price for its grain and straw are higher than other major cereals; the crop performs better than other cereals under moisture stress and waterlogged conditions; its grain can be stored for a long period of time without being attacked by weevils. The primary objective of this seminar was to review determinants and level of technical efficiency of teff production system in Ethiopia. This was achieved by reviewing the efficiency of smallholder teff farmers and identifying the determinants of technical efficiency. The review showed that DEA and SPF models are used to estimate level of technical efficiency and identify determinants of technical efficiency, and technical efficiency is significantly affected by Income level, improved seed, education level, livestock holding, extension contact, training, participation in irrigation, labor availability, fertilizer, participation in soil and water conservation, off/non-farm occupation, sex of the household, fertility status of land, credit availability, man day, oxen day, pesticides, herbicides, access to input and output market, number of weeding, family size, group membership, Households` expenditure, farm size, participation in share cropping, social status, age of the household, slop of the farm, number of crops cultivated by the households and land fragmentation. Moreover the level of technical efficiency of teff production in Ethiopia falls on between 55% and 90% indicating a good potential for increasing teff output by 10%-45% with the existing technology and levels of inputs.
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