Major constraints of livestock marketing in lowland part of Ethiopia

  addis beyene

Ethiopia is believed to have the largest livestock population in Africa. The diverse agro-climatic conditions of Ethiopia make it very suitable for the production of different kinds of livestock. Current knowledge on livestock marketing in lowland part of Ethiopia is poor and inadequate for designing policies and institutions meant to improve the livestock marketing system. In order to bridge this gap, this work is carried out in the major constraints pastoral livestock markets of Ethiopia to empirically investigate formation of livestock marketing in the supply value chain of the meat and live animal export market of the country. Among the major constraints of livestock marketing in lowland part of Ethiopia are absence of Market Information System, inadequate infrastructure, absences of veterinary services, contraband and clan conflict. Access to market information enables these producers to seek out and compare the information available for different market outlets to realize the full potential profit by getting the best prices.

Keywords- Livestock, constraint, market, lowland, Ethiopia

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1701076
Page Number(s) - 489-499
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 1 | March 2017
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  addis beyene,   "Major constraints of livestock marketing in lowland part of Ethiopia", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 1, pp.489-499, March 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1701076.pdf