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022 _a1991-637X
024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR11.747
040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 0 _aeng
090 _aCIS-6925
100 1 _aTerfa, Z.G.
_927292
245 1 0 _aSheep market participation of rural households in Western Ethiopia
260 _aNigeria :
_bAcademic Journals,
_c2012.
500 _aPeer-review: No - Open Access: Yes|http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJAR/editorial-policies
500 _aNon-CRP
500 _aPeer review
500 _aOpen Access
520 _aSheep 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.
536 _aSocioeconomics Program
546 _aText in English
594 _aINT2923
595 _aCSC
650 7 _aSheep
_2AGROVOC
_95167
650 7 _aMarket access
_2AGROVOC
_95027
650 7 _aRural areas
_2AGROVOC
_93441
650 7 _aHouseholds
_2AGROVOC
_92743
650 7 _aMathematical models
_2AGROVOC
_93706
700 1 _aHaile, A.
_927293
700 1 _aBaker, A.D.
_922344
700 1 _9549
_aKassie, G.T.
773 0 _tAfrican Journal of Agricultural Research
_gv. 7, no. 10, p. 1504-1511
_dNigeria : Academic Journals, 2012.
_wG89502
_x1991-637X
856 4 _uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10883/2250
_yOpen Access through DSpace
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