Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Ethiopia
Article History
Received: 3 June 2026
Accepted: 23 September 2026
First Online: 7 October 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: We wish to confirm that there are no known conflicts of interest associated with this publication and there has been no significant financial support for this work that could have influenced its outcome.
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was reviewed and approved by the Research Ethics Review Committee of the College of Agriculture, Aksum University, Ethiopia. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of Aksum University and the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all respondents prior to data collection. No live animals were used in experimental procedures; therefore, no additional animal ethics approval was required.
Clinical trial number: Not applicable.