Abstract:
Eucalyptus is familiar specious in various weather conditions of the world.
Eucalyptus woodlot planation
in wogera district become increased since 1970.
T
he
study
was
to
examine
the
determinant factors for the
adoption
of eucalyptus woodlots by smallholder
farmers
in
Wog
era district
.
Three
stage sampling
procedure was used to select 118 sample respondent farmers from three purposively selected Kebeles of
the district. Household survey
was
used to collect quantitative data.
E
conometric
model (binary logit
model) was
employed to analyze
the qu
antitative
data.
Adoption
of
eucalyptus wo
odlot
was
affected
negatively
by
family size and
fertility o
f land
,
and
positively
affected
by farm size,
access
to
market
, and
farmers’
perception towards eucalyptus woodlot production.
It is conclude
d
that adoption of eucalyptus
woodlot plantation was affected mainly by
socio
-
economic
and institutional factors. Therefore, attention
should be given to
manage
the identified factors and change
smallholder
farmer’s
attitude towards
eucalyptus
woodlot
planta
tion
