Value Chain Analysis of Beef Cattle Production in Wolaita Zone: The Case of Damot Gale District, Wolaita Sodo, Boditi and Areka Towns, Southern Ethiopia

Zekarias Bassa and Alemayehu Bashe
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Alemayehu Bashe: Zekarias Bassa, Alemayehu Bashe and Tesfaye Alemu

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 19-31

Abstract: Beef cattle production and value addition practices are known as major income earning activities and economic stay of the farmers, brokers, traders, hotels and restaurants and also provide huge financial support town for administrative in Wolaita area, yet attention given to the sector is not comparable to the economic value the sector own. This study, therefore, was initiated to identify value chain actors and their function in the chain, investigate factors affecting value added in beef production and economic role beef value chain for districts. Both primary and secondary data were used for this study. Primary data were collected from 102 sampled farmers, 21 hotels and restaurants, 3 town administrative (Wolaiyta Sodo, Areka, Boditi) and 15 experts from different strata. Before the household survey, key informant interview and focus group discussions were conducted using 20 small scale farmers, 5 hotels and restaurants, 1 town administrative and 1 expert.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2017.07.555704

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