Cost and Return Analysis of Rain Fed Lowland Rice Production under Smallholder Farmers in Fogera District, North Western Ethiopia

Abstract

Rice is a recent introduction in Ethiopia; an attempt to introduction of rice had probably been started in Ethiopia when the wild rice was observed in the swampy and waterlogged areas of Fogera and Gambella Plains (Gebey et al., 2012). According to the report of MoA (2010), the potential rain fed rice production area is estimated about 30 million hectares, of which more than 5 million hectares are highly suitable.