International Journal of Economics & Management Sciences

Molla Deribie Negash

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• Research Article
  The Heckman Model of Dietary Diversity Score: The Case of Akaki Small-Scale Irrigation Scheme
  Author(s): Molla Deribie NegashMolla Deribie Negash
  
  The study aims to develop Heckman model of dietary diversity score: the case of Akaki Small-Scale Irrigation Scheme. Out of 700 farming households with systematically stratified random sampling technique, this causal type of study analyzed 246 household surveys based primary data (personal interview questionnaire) with inferential statistics (Heckman two stage). It shows that farming households are still insufficient of dietary diversity. At 0.05 probability level; sex, land size (ls), educational level (ed), off farm income (offarmi), irrigation experience (exep) and distance from home to water source (dhomeland) are significant determinant factors of dietary diversity. At 0.05 probability level; sex, off farm income (offarmi), irrigation experience (exep) and distance from home to water source (dhomeland) are statistically significant determinants and they reliably predict participa.. Read More»
  

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