Research Article
Determinants of Market Participation of Artisanal Gold Miners: Evidence from Kumuruk District, Northwest Ethiopia
Teha Romanu Benti*
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Mihret Fentahun Yeneneh,
Hassen Muhammad Aman,
Abdurazak Sale,
Sadik Hisa Dawd
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2024
Pages:
7-19
Received:
20 March 2024
Accepted:
8 April 2024
Published:
28 April 2024
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajere.20240901.12
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Abstract: In Ethiopia as well as most other regions of the world, the artisanal mining industry was mostly ignored, because of there are a number of factors limiting the performance of Ethiopia's artisanal mining market participation. So the purpose of this study was to determine the extent of market participation of artisanal gold miners in the Kumuruk District, Northwest Ethiopia. The respondents were chosen using a two stage sampling procedure in order to accomplish this. The initial phase involves the deliberate selection of Seven Assosa District gives rise to Kumuruk District. Five kebeles were chosen at random from the sixteen kebeles in the second stage. From the provided sampling frame, 200 respondents were chosen using a systematic random sampling technique. Tools used to analyze the data included Stata14 version and SPSS version 21 statistical software. The results of descriptive statics show that gold producers and brokers were found to be important gold market mediators at mining gate and that eight market catchments were present in the study area. Additionally, the Heckman two stage econometric estimation procedure was used to identify factors that limit gold market participation decision and gold sale weight of the artisan gold miners’ households in the study area. Informational resources, age, proximity to the market, prior mining experience, years of schooling, and household size all have a favorable and significant impact on gold market involvement. The amount of gold that each responder provided served as the depend ant changeable. Age, years of schooling, ownership of mining equipment, availability of non-mining income, cost of transportation, and informational resources were all significantly and favorably correlated with the amount of gold supplied for sales. This implies that a rise in any of these factors will result in a rise in the amount of gold offered for sale. According to the survey, efforts should be taken to open more places of sale. In order to increase market participation, mining areas should establish a direct market channel with the National Bank of Ethiopia. Additionally, youth participation in mining operations should be encouraged in order to minimize transportation expenses. Encourage the government to set up a revolving and collateral fund, and encourage microfinance institutions to open branches close to artisanal miners.
Abstract: In Ethiopia as well as most other regions of the world, the artisanal mining industry was mostly ignored, because of there are a number of factors limiting the performance of Ethiopia's artisanal mining market participation. So the purpose of this study was to determine the extent of market participation of artisanal gold miners in the Kumuruk Dist...
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Research Article
Milling and Bread-Making Traits Associated with Grain Hardness in Ethiopian Bread Wheat Varieties Grown Under Bale Condition
Shure Soboka*,
Tilahun Bayissa,
Wubishet Alemu
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2024
Pages:
18-26
Received:
20 March 2023
Accepted:
20 March 2024
Published:
2 April 2024
Abstract: Many food processing industries utilizing bread wheat as a raw material are being established in the country. As a result, information on physico-chemical characteristics to match end use quality is very essential. In line with this, the current study was initiated with objectives to characterize physico-chemical properties in relation to bread making quality and to classify bread wheat cultivars as soft and hard wheat based on data generated. The grain of 44 Ethiopian improved bread wheat cultivars were collected from different agricultural research centers in the country and grown under rain fall condition at two locations (Ginnir and Sinana on station) during Bona (July-Jan., 2015/16 and 2016/17) growing season and analyzed for grain physical and flour chemical quality characteristics. The experiment was laid out in RCBD with three replications. Result of analysis of variance indicated that, there is significant variations in all quality parameters considered among cultivars. Grain physical characteristics, such as thousand kernel weight (TKW), percent vitreous kernel (%Vk), were showed highly significant difference (P<0.01) due to cultivars. Grain chemical quality as expressed by protein quantity (%P) and quality, percent gluten index (% Gl), Zeleny index (Zl), have also shown highly significant difference (P<0.01) due to genotypes. In addition, strong environmental variation was observed on measured quality characters. The present results indicated that there is huge genetic variation among Ethiopian wheat varieties for quality traits considered in this study.
Abstract: Many food processing industries utilizing bread wheat as a raw material are being established in the country. As a result, information on physico-chemical characteristics to match end use quality is very essential. In line with this, the current study was initiated with objectives to characterize physico-chemical properties in relation to bread mak...
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