Assessment of smallholder farmers’ demand for and adoption constraints to small-scale irrigation technologies: Evidence from Ethiopia

Increasing agricultural productivity through irrigation technologies is recognized as an effective way to improve smallholders’ livelihoods and food security in developing countries. However, most smallholder farmers do not have access technologies. Using a double-bounded contingent valuation survey data from smallholders Ethiopia probit bivariate models, this paper analyzes farmers’ demand for water lifting (WLTs) the factors affecting these Assessment of preferences among three available local markets (motorized pump, rope washer pulley) show that prefer motorized pumps pulley or Use more efficient save labour than results are constrained by inadequate financing options adopt labour-saving technology hence operate below production possibility frontier. Enhanced finance could help ease constraint allow acquire technologies, enhance adoption productivity. With growing population pressure land fragmentation rural Ethiopia, depend mainly on meagre endowment they possess. using yield enhancing particularly multiple cropping per year via small-scale key their livelihoods. Targeted interventions thus warranted mitigate constraints such improving credit technical know-how smallholders. • We analyze Supply side credit-constraints determinants Farmers wash with smaller landholdings require targeted