Determinants of Smallholder Food Consumption Commercialization in Ethiopia Tedla Abraha Gebru1, Tiwana Balwinder Singh2 1Abraha Gebru is a Ph. D. candidate in Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala, India 2(Ph. D) Professor in the Department of Economics, Punjabi University, Patiala Online published on 25 September, 2017. Abstract Small holder households in Ethiopia have traditionally consumed food mostly grown on their own farms. While they continue to rely on self-produced grains, vegetables, meats, and eggs for a large portion of their diet, households are now purchasing more of their food from the market. This study is intended to investigate the determinant factors of food consumption commercialization (market based consumption). In this regard, it has employed descriptive and econometric approaches. As indicated in the study results, on average, about two-third (65%) of smallholders consume their entire food item from market purchases, while around one third (35%) of the sample households do not consume from the market. This implies that most smallholders were market oriented in their consumption. Applying the generalized linear model (glm) for the fractional response variable of commercialization, determinants of market based consumption (commercialization in food consumption) have been investigated. The results indicated that while sex (female), education, religion, TLU, production commercialization, agro-ecology (cool), and land size 0.5 to 2 hectares affect consumption commercialization positively and significantly; age, family size, regional states, marital status, level of output, extension service, credit service, distance to weekly market, and land size above 2 hectares affect negatively and significantly, calling for remedies to improve commercialization. Top Keywords Commercialization, Consumption, fraction, glm, market. Top |