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Characterization of village chicken and egg marketing systems of Bure district, North-West Ethiopia

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Title Characterization of village chicken and egg marketing systems of Bure district, North-West Ethiopia
 
Creator Moges, F.
Dessie, Tadelle
 
Description A study was conducted to assess the existing village chicken and egg marketing system of Bure district, North West
Ethiopia. A participatory rural appraisal and a formal survey were used to collect all the relevant data, using a multistage
sampling technique. Seven farmer kebeles (2 from high land, 3 from mid altitude and 2 from low land agro
ecologies) and a total of 280 village chicken owner households were selected and considered for the study. In
addition, 30 chicken and egg collectors (middle men) were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. All local
and urban markets were visited once in a month in all seasons of the year.
The result of the current study revealed that there was no any formal chicken and egg marketing operation in the
study district. The result showed that 69.3% and 99.6% of interviewed village chicken owners involved in marketing
of chicken and eggs, respectively. Producer-Consumer, Producer-Middle men, Producer-Retailer, Middle men-
Retailer, Middle men-Consumer were the prevailing chicken and egg marketing channels of the study district.
According to the result of the study village chicken owners traveled, on average, a distance of 5.5km and 15.9km to
reach to nearby local markets and urban markets, respectively. It is identified that the majority (59.3%) of chicken
owners used both hand carrying (hanging birds with a piece of stick) and carrying birds with bamboo-made
containers to transport live birds to markets. The result of the current study revealed that the price of chicken and
eggs showed variation between months of the year. The percentage increase in market prices of chicken products at
holyday market days, as compared to ordinary market days was 19.2% for cocks, 15.3% hen, 24.2% for
pullets/cockerels and 16% for eggs. Some of the major marketing problems identified in this study were: low supply
of marketable chicken products, presence of only few/limited market out-lets and lack of appropriate marketing
information.
It is suggested that chicken and egg marketing of village chicken producers can be improved through development
of market information system at farmer’s level and strengthening of agricultural extension services, through
trainings and advisory services.
Canadian International Development Agency
 
Date 2010-10-25T18:13:15Z
2010-10-25T18:13:15Z
2010-10-01
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Moges, F., Dessie, T. 2010. Characterization of village chicken and egg marketing systems of Bure district, North-West Ethiopia. Livestock Research for Rural Development 22 (10)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2485
 
Language en
 
Source Livestock Research for Rural Development