Potential for Oil Seed Crops Production Increase in Ethiopia Through Closure of Existing Yield Gaps

Daniel Hailu; Rozina Gidey

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Potential for Oil Seed Crops Production Increase in Ethiopia Through Closure of Existing Yield Gaps

Daniel Hailu, Rozina Gidey

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 7, Issue 5)

Received: 16 August 2022 Accepted: 15 September 2022 Published: 29 September 2022

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The objective of the study was to analyze the status of oil seed production and yield gaps in Ethiopia. The data were analyzed using descriptive and econometrics analysis. In Ethiopia, oil seed production and productivity has shown an increasing rate while cropland area growth rate was negative and 3.8 percent. Between 2006/07 and 2020/21, average actual yield growth is 87.3, 74.2, 133.8, 63, -3 and 53.7 percent for groundnuts, linseed, neug, rapeseed, sesame, and sunflower respectively. Oilseeds production increased 59.9 times, in the period which was because of 53.4 percent in area and a 46.6.7 percent in crop yield. Even though it shows increasing, oil seed production and productivity is relatively small as compared to potential. Findings suggest that the country produced between 7.4 and 49.4 percent of their locally attainable oil seed crops yields given their weather, inputs applied, change in farming practices, amounts of fertilizer used, quality of seed varieties, technology and use of irrigation in the production system. The average oilseeds yield level is very low (1.1 tons/ha) as compared to that of the estimated average potential (1.4 tons/ha) in the country for the studied crops. For the analyzed period 2021, the national level yield gaps existed (5, 4.5, 1.3, 0.6 and 10.1 qt/ha) between the released cultivars potential yield and national average yield for groundnuts, linseed, rapeseed, sesame, and sunflower respectively. If farmers had produced the potential yield levels, Ethiopia could have increased production in the same order a respective of 57, 36, 1, 21, and 4 thousand Mt, with improved management from the current level of cropland area. In conclusion, the combination of new crop breeding technologies and crop management practices could enable farmers to significantly increase their yields without bringing new land into production.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 7, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20220705.14
Page(s)	227-231
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Ethiopia, Oil Seed, Crop Production, Yield Potential, Actual Yield, Yield Gaps

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Daniel Hailu

Department of Agricultural Economics, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Rozina Gidey

Department of Agricultural Economics, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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