Analysis of market participation of small dairy farmers in gubre town, snnpr, ethiopia

Anwar Muzemil*

With a descriptive as well as econometric analysis method, this study investigated 140 arbitrarily selected dairy producer households, focusing on analyzing dairy market participation of small dairy farmers in Gubre town south nation nationality and people region of Ethiopia. The purpose of this paper is to provide information regarding the determinants of dairy market participation and rate of participation in Gubre town. Based on the findings, out of a total of 140 dairy producing sample respondents, 65 (46.43%) were they participate in the dairy market, while the rest 75 (53.57%) were nonparticipants. The mean production of milk per day for the sample, participant, and non-participant respondents was 1.94, 2.42 and 1.51 liter respectively.  The number of children’s below the age of five year, the volume of milk produced, distance to the closest dairy market and information access considerably affects both the dairy market participation and rate of participation decision of the households. But the size of milking cows kept and credit use only affects the dairy market participation decision of the households. Hence, policies aiming at increasing producer’s provision of modern inputs, increasing the number and productivity of dairy cows and change of smallholder farmer’s attitudes towards dairy production and joining the dairy market were recommended to accelerate the dairy market contribution in the study area of Gubre town.

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Published on: Jun 8, 2020 Pages: 58-67

Full Text PDF Full Text HTML DOI: 10.17352/2455-815X.000056
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