Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia

In many developing countries like Ethiopia village poultry makes up a large part of the national poultry meat and egg production and plays important roles economically, nutritionally, and socio-culturally. Households in Ethiopia have not fully benefitted from the potential of village poultry as litt...

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Autores principales: Hailemichael, A., Gebremedhin, Berhanu, Tegegne, Azage
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90011
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author Hailemichael, A.
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
Tegegne, Azage
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description In many developing countries like Ethiopia village poultry makes up a large part of the national poultry meat and egg production and plays important roles economically, nutritionally, and socio-culturally. Households in Ethiopia have not fully benefitted from the potential of village poultry as little attention is given to the sub-sector from research and development efforts. The little research and development efforts tend to explore improvements largely via technical approaches by overlooking the socio-economic and institutional context under which the producers operate. This study aims to identify the technical, household, infrastructural and institutional drivers or barriers that influence village poultry production and its productivity in Ethiopia. Across sectional survey of 5004 households was undertaken in the four highland regions of Ethiopia. Descriptive statistics and econometric tools such as probit and Heckman’s two stage models and their marginal effects were used to analyze the status and driving factors of village poultry production and productivity. Distance to all weather roads decreased flock size and the probability of poultry ownership. Contact with development agents and participation in training increased flock size and the probability of purchasing inputs and adopting commercial breeds. Flock size and ownership of commercial breeds raised households’ likelihood of purchasing poultry input. Our results indicate that research and development efforts have to improve not only production performance through better use of inputs and technologies but also have to equally emphasize increasing the benefits for smallholder producers by providing infrastructural and institutional support to proper target households.
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spelling CGSpace900112024-05-01T08:17:29Z Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia Hailemichael, A. Gebremedhin, Berhanu Tegegne, Azage households poultry animal production In many developing countries like Ethiopia village poultry makes up a large part of the national poultry meat and egg production and plays important roles economically, nutritionally, and socio-culturally. Households in Ethiopia have not fully benefitted from the potential of village poultry as little attention is given to the sub-sector from research and development efforts. The little research and development efforts tend to explore improvements largely via technical approaches by overlooking the socio-economic and institutional context under which the producers operate. This study aims to identify the technical, household, infrastructural and institutional drivers or barriers that influence village poultry production and its productivity in Ethiopia. Across sectional survey of 5004 households was undertaken in the four highland regions of Ethiopia. Descriptive statistics and econometric tools such as probit and Heckman’s two stage models and their marginal effects were used to analyze the status and driving factors of village poultry production and productivity. Distance to all weather roads decreased flock size and the probability of poultry ownership. Contact with development agents and participation in training increased flock size and the probability of purchasing inputs and adopting commercial breeds. Flock size and ownership of commercial breeds raised households’ likelihood of purchasing poultry input. Our results indicate that research and development efforts have to improve not only production performance through better use of inputs and technologies but also have to equally emphasize increasing the benefits for smallholder producers by providing infrastructural and institutional support to proper target households. 2017-12-01 2018-01-12T10:43:55Z 2018-01-12T10:43:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90011 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Hailemichael, A., Gebremedhin, B. and Tegegne, A. 2017. Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia. NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences 83: 30-38
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poultry
animal production
Hailemichael, A.
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
Tegegne, Azage
Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia
title Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia
title_full Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia
title_fullStr Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia
title_short Status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in Ethiopia
title_sort status and drivers of village poultry production and its efficiency in ethiopia
topic households
poultry
animal production
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/90011
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