Authors : Gemedo Furo and Ashenafi Manaye
Abstract: Over forty spices, herbs, medicinal and essential oil plants are still grown in Ethiopia. From 1998-2010 years the average annual growth rate was 25.3% in terms of value and 25.6% in terms of volume and 25-30% of all the Aframomum angustifolium grown in South West of Ethiopia. Five districts were purposively selected for this study. About 130 households were randomly selected. Semi-structured questionnaire, key informant and focus group discussion were used. Descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage, frequency and standard deviation were employed. Binary logistic models were used to analyze the factors influencing the involvement of households in shade tolerant indigenous spice cultivation and harvesting from nearby natural forest with the help of STATA Software Version 13. The average age of the sampled households was about 36.4. About 52.31% of the respondents were attended primary school and the rest 33.85, 13.5 and 0.77% were illiterate, secondary and diploma (10+2), respectively. About 56 (43.07%) of respondent households got spice products for different purpose only from nearby natural forests and as the Pearson Chi-square test (p<0.01) here there was significance difference among households on place and purpose of harvesting shade tolerant spices products.
Gemedo Furo and Ashenafi Manaye, 2018. Factors Affecting Participation of Households on Cultivation and Collection of Shade Tolerant Indigenous Spices in the South West of Ethiopia. Agricultural Journal, 13: 91-97.