Analyzing Dairy Value Chains and Market Supply Drivers of Smallholder Farmers in Wuchale Woreda, North Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Abstract

The dairy value chain faces several challenges, mainly due to the inadequate study on how smallholder dairy farmers are included in the value chain for dairy production and marketing activities. This study focused on the analysis of dairy value chains and market supply drivers for smallholder farmers in Wuchale Woreda, North Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia. The specific ob- jectives were to identify the actors involved in the dairy value chain and their functions, identify the dairy marketing margins and channels of the actors, analyze factors affecting dairy supply to the market, and identify the challenges and opportunities for dairy production and marketing in the study area. Two-stage, purposive, and simple random sampling techniques were used to se- lect four Kebeles and 141 respondents, respectively