Factor Affecting Beef Cattle Value Chain Analysis in Nono Benja District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Gemechu Degefa Yadata

doi:10.7176/jbah/10-3-04

Abstract

Ethiopia ranks first in Africa and tenth in the world for livestock population and cattle take the lion share of this population of the country. This study was conducted in Nono benja district of Jimma zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia with the aim of analyzing and identifying factors affecting beef cattle market supply. Two stage sampling methods were employed to select producers and data were collected from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data were collected from 154 producers, and 20 small traders, 5 large traders, 6 butchers, 8 hotels /restaurants/ and 30 consumers while secondary data were collected from the district and other government organizations. Descriptive statistics and econometric model were used to analyze the data using STATA 13 software. The finding of the study revealed that the multiple liner regression model result revealed that, education, distance to market, use credit, access to market information, distance to nearest feed resources and livestock owned influences market supply significantly. Generally, the existing situation for beef cattle sector with regard to its value chain analysis, integration and coordination is not well stimulated in the area. Therefore, policy aiming at facilitating producer’s education, distance to the market, use credit, access to market information, distance to feed resources, number of livestock owned, strengthening the existing sector and improving linkage of chain actors are recommended to enhance the development of beef cattle value chain at Nono Benja district of south western, Ethiopia. Keywords: Value Chain, actors, beef cattle, Multiple liner regression model and Nono Benja district. DOI: 10.7176/JBAH/10-3-04 Publication date: February 29 th 2020

Highlights

The sector plays a major role in the national economy and it is the source of income and employment for the rural population (Nigussie, 2014)
The important factors which were found to be significantly factor affecting market supply of beef in the market, Education of house hold, use credit, access to market information, distance to nearest market, number livestock holding and distant to feed resource; were influencing the quantity of beef supplied to the market
The positive relationship distant to nearest feed resources with beef market supply where positive significant. These significant factors need to be intervening so as to enhance the possible gain that could be drawn from beef cattle value chain in the study area

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Introduction

Livestock contributes about 40 percent to the agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) and constitutes about 30 percent of the agricultural GDP in the developing world (World Bank, 2013). They keep livestock and use them in a variety of ways that extend far beyond income generation. The sector plays a major role in the national economy and it is the source of income and employment for the rural population (Nigussie, 2014). Livestock production is an integral part of Ethiopia’s agricultural sector and plays a vital role in the national economy. As the country has a large livestock population, which ranks first in Africa and tenth in the world, it has much to gain from the growing global markets for livestock products (SPS-LMM, 2010)

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