Mengisitu Ketema

Mengisitu Ketema

Ethiopia

Publications
  • Research Article
    Dairy Value Chain Analysis in Meta District, Eastern Ethiopia
    Author(s): Sosina Bezie, Abay Bantihun and Mengisitu KetemaSosina Bezie, Abay Bantihun and Mengisitu Ketema

    To identify the dairy value chain map, examining the performance of intermediators in the chain and analyzing the determinants of milk market participation decision and level of milk marketed in the study area was those specific objectives. The primary data for this study were collected by the three-stage sampling technique. In the first stage from 55 kebeles, eleven kebeles were selected purposively based on production potential. In the second stage out of those selected kebeles, 4 of them were selected randomly and third stage 121 producers were randomly selected from a list of dairy producer kebeles. Meanwhile, 46 traders from different markets and 28 consumers in Dire Dawa, Harar and Meta towns were selected and interviewed. Heckman two-stage models were applied to identify determinants of milk market participation and volume of milk supply to the market. The cost margin indicates.. View More»

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