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Tesfaye, Anteneh Mekuria
Siyasanga M, Tyali
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Funding for this research was provided by:
University of South Africa
Bahir Dar University facilitated the opportunity for my PhD study, and the University of South Africa (UNISA) provided bursary support.
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Article History
Received: 23 October 2024
Accepted: 22 May 2025
First Online: 7 June 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Data collection was made after ethical clearance was gained from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Informed consent was obtained from all participants involved in in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and observations. Consent was formally secured in the form of signed forms completed by the participants. Consent forms were signed on a written form by participants from focus group discussions in Guhala (East Belesa Woreda), farmer group on March 24, 2022; farmer organisation group on March 25, 2022, and stakeholders’ group on March 27, 2022. In Kokit and Gendawuha (Metema Woreda), consent forms were signed with farmer group participants on April 12, 2022, farmer organisations on April 13, 2022, and stakeholder groups on April 15, 2022. Interviews were conducted with regional and zone-level stakeholders at Bahir Dar and West and Central Gondar zones from April 20, 2022, to May 15, 2022, and consent forms were signed by participants during this time. To protect the participants’ identity, no personal information was disclosed without the consent of participants. Participants’ identities were protected using codes. They were replaced by codes, they were referred to as KII 1, KII 2, KII, etc. for key informant interviews, and FGD1, FGD2, FGD3, etc. for focus group discussions. This coding system helped to ensure the anonymity of the study participants. This was clearly mentioned to all participants of the study. What is more, participants provided their consent to use the data for academic purposes, including publication of findings.
: All research activities were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines/regulations. This study was conducted after ethical clearance was granted by the College of Human Sciences Research Ethics Review Committee under NHREC Registration number: Rec-240816-052 CREC and Reference number: 50840673_CREC_CHS_2022. The ethical approval was given from 04 March 2022 to 04 March 2027. All research procedures adhere to the ethical guidelines, values, principles, and policies of the University of South Africa (UNISA), as well as relevant ethical guidelines, including the Declaration of Helsinki, before and while conducting the data-gathering process and doing the overall study.
