Cost Benefit Analysis Of Traditional Healer A Case Study At Dalomana Town In Bale Zone Southeast Ethiopia.

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Abstract Traditional medicine refers to health practices, approaches, knowledge and beliefs incorporating plant, animal and mineral-based medicines, spiritual therapies, manual techniques and exercises, applied singularly or in combination to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses or maintain well-being. A reconnaissance survey was conducted between March 25 to May 5, 2022. The main objective of the study intends to examine the costs of input, total income and expenditure of traditional healer and identify the economic benefits of those applications of traditional medicine for the country Dalomana Southeastern, Ethiopia. The study sites were selected depending on recommendation from elders, local authorities, and altitudinal range. Thus, the study was carried out in eight PA from two agro-climatic zones. Dallo Manna. The income they generated from their jobs is recorded. The daily income is recorded. The major incomes are direct selling of the drugs as pharmacists and amount of earns they get from diagnosis and treatment of patients. Some practitioners also sell the other products which taken with drugs such as honey and other oil. The total benefit (profits) from the job is analyzed with an average of 650.8 birr daily generated as income and annually 237542 birr is estimated to be as total profit for traditional healer. Analysis of production cost structure revealed that the highest proportion of the production costs across the lead traditional healer for used health related technology and neglect technological and coset went to cost of labor (58%) and different technological activities (22%). As opposed to the traditionally used application of technology was produce more than normal amount of birr without applications., the current study indicated that reduced uses of technology for benefits increased yield per unit area but traditional healer challenged the researchers to improve the feasibility of using reduced seed rate for both row planting and broadcasting.

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