Factors That Determine Poultry Market Participation Decision and Its Supply to the Market in Adwa Wereda, Central Zone of Tigray, Ethiopia

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify factors that determine poultry market participation decision and its supply to the market 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. Heckman two stage econometric model was used to identify factors determining market participation decision and value of poultry sales. Results obtained from the first stage of the model indicated that sex of the household head, number of chickens owned and extension contact were the variables that influenced the decision to participate in poultry and egg market positively while  distance to the wereda market influenced the decision to participate in poultry and egg market negatively. Results from second stage of the model shows that the  number of chickens owned and access to extension contact influenced the value of  poultry sales by the market participants positively while distance to the wereda market and exotic poultry breed influenced volume of  poultry sold by the participants negatively. Results from second stage of the model also shows that,  number of poultry owned, access to credit, exotic poultry breed, education status and years of experience in farming influenced the value of egg sales positively while age of the household head were found to be influence egg supply to the market negatively.

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