The impact of biofertilizer technology adoption on the faba bean productivity in the central highlands of Ethiopia: The propensity score matching model

Getachew Chala; Bezabih Emana; Daniel Masresha

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0333105

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The impact of biofertilizer technology adoption on the faba bean productivity in the central highlands of Ethiopia: The propensity score matching model

Getachew Chala ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: getachew.chal2024@gmail.com

Affiliation Economics Department, Business and Economics College, University of Wollega, Nekempte, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0306-1742

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Bezabih Emana,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation General Managers HEDBEZ Business & Consultancy PLC, Addis Ababa, and Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
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Daniel Masresha

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Economics Department, Business and Economics College, University of Wollega, Nekempte, Ethiopia
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The impact of biofertilizer technology adoption on the faba bean productivity in the central highlands of Ethiopia: The propensity score matching model

Getachew Chala,
Bezabih Emana,
Daniel Masresha

Published: September 29, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0333105

About the Authors

Getachew Chala

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: getachew.chal2024@gmail.com

Affiliation Economics Department, Business and Economics College, University of Wollega, Nekempte, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0306-1742

Bezabih Emana

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation General Managers HEDBEZ Business & Consultancy PLC, Addis Ababa, and Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Daniel Masresha

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Economics Department, Business and Economics College, University of Wollega, Nekempte, Ethiopia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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