Berihun Tefera

Fruit Production and Marketing in North East Ethiopia:

A Value Chain Analysis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Cultivation of fruit trees in degraded areas has two-fold importance, improves food security & conserves soil & water. The study area, Habru is in N/Wollo Administrative Zone of Amhara Region & one of the degraded areas in N/Eastern Ethiopia with good potential of fruit production. This study is conducted to identify major fruit production & marketing challenges & opportunities of the study area by using a value chain analysis. Data from 160 sample households, middlemen & key informants is analysed using descriptive statistics & market performance measurment techniques. Fruits from the area reaches at the terminal & different Amhara and Tigray region markets. Total gross marketing margin of the fruits ranged from 20-90%. This high range resulted in significant variation in the producers' share of the consumers' price among farmers. The lowest producers' share from consumers' price, 11 %, is for guava. Fruit producers & market middlemen faced a number of production & marketing challanges. Access to irrigation & road, endowment of preffered guava variety, existence of community based organizations are the major opportunities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 108
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783639319941
• ISBN-10: 363931994X
• Artikelnr.: 32687354

Autorenporträt

Berihun Tefera Adugna born in Ethiopia, BSc: From Department of Agricultural Economics at Alemaya University,in Agricultural Economics. MA: Regional and Local Development Studies at Addis Ababa University. Mr Berihun is a lecturer in the Dep't of Rural Dev't at Collage of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences of Bahir Dar University.