Mapping Poultry Value Chain Functions in Adwa Wereda, Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia

Abstract

The objective of this study was to map poultry value chain functions in Adwa wereda, Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia. A total of 200 poultry producing sample households from four potential poultry producing Tabias of the wereda were surveyed. Descriptive statistics such as t-test, and chi-square were employed to examine the existence of statistically significant differences between the poultry market participants and non-participants.  The core process, main actors and functions were identified in the poultry value chain map. In the poultry value chain map, 6 core processes (input supply, production, collection and transporting, marketing, processing and consumption) were identified.

Keywords: Value Chain Mapping, Value Addition, Profit Margin, Econometric