Economics of Homestead Coffee Production in Southern Ethiopia: A promising approach to enhance household asset building

Abstract

Abstract This study explores the relationship between households' livelihoods asset building and their coffee production status in Ethiopia's central high lands. Household survey data was obtained from randomly selected 250 participants, and multidimensional statistical analysis methods were utilized. The results indicated a significant role of home garden coffee production on household livelihood asset buildings in the context of the mixed and diversified farming systems of the south Ethiopia. Household ownership, access to agricultural resource endowments, and the empowerment of human capital at the household level significantly determined livelihood dimensions and impact on household coffee production status. Farmer's motivation and practices for coffee production lies in the access and endowment of these dimensions of household asset. It was recommended that enhancing the asset capital status of rural farm households merits special attention, including their human capital, independent ownership rights over land and other resources and participation in social processes.