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Title: | Sheep market participation of rural households in Western Ethiopia | Contributor(s): | Terfa, Zelalem G (author); Haile, A (author); Baker, Derek (author) ; Kassie, Girma T (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | DOI: | 10.5897/AJAR11.747 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/15590 | Abstract: | Sheep production is an integral part of the subsistence crop-livestock based livelihoods of the Ethiopian highlands and plays a crucial role in economic development and poverty reduction. This study analyzed determinants of intensity of market participation of smallholder sheep keepers in Western Ethiopia. Data were generated from the rural households in their villages in Horro Guduru locality, Western Ethiopia. Poisson model was employed to examine factors determining the level of sheep keepers' market participation. The results of the empirical analysis show that flock size, family-size, educational background, experience, access to market information and access to veterinary service are decisive factors determining the household's level of market participation. This study highlights the need to expand market information and veterinary services to sheep producers and capacity for their delivery. It also magnifies essential changes that need to happen in the management and marketing of sheep at farm level in order to generate higher and sustainable income for sheep producers in the region. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | African Journal of Agricultural Research, 7(10), p. 1504-1511 | Publisher: | Academic Journals | Place of Publication: | Nigeria | ISSN: | 1991-637X | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140201 Agricultural Economics | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 440407 Socio-economic development 380101 Agricultural economics 300208 Farm management, rural management and agribusiness |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 910209 Preference, Behaviour and Welfare 910203 Industrial Organisations 910204 Industry Costs and Structure |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 150504 Industry costs and structure 150509 Preference, behaviour and welfare 150503 Industrial organisations |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/article-abstract/82FF59F37528 |
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