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Assessment of Broiler Production; Processing and Marketing Practices in Ethiopia: Identifying the Root Causes for Poultry Products Importation to Ethiopia And Way Forward

Submission: October 10, 2019;Published: November 12, 2019

DOI: 10.31031/APDV.2019.07.000657

ISSN : 2576-9162
Volume7 Issue2

Abstract

As opposed to the high national demand for broiler meat in Ethiopia, the production and processing companies are not benefited in the market. A huge broiler meat has been imported to Ethiopia by International star hotels, supermarkets and Ethiopian airlines from different parts of the world. Therefore, this research work is initiated to assess the status of broiler production and processing practices in Ethiopia in order to provide current information for further study on poultry industry development. The research is basically a field study supplemented with secondary data from the national and international data sources. The primary data was collected from selected broiler producers, processors, supermarkets and international star hotels and also Ethiopian airlines. The research was conducted in purposively selected sites where you find broilers production, processing and also marketing. For the interview purpose, 21 broiler farms and 4 broiler meat processors were used. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and SPSS. The result of this study generally indicated that the broiler production systems observed by study team is classified into two broad categories, commercial broiler production system and small-scale broiler production system. Facilities used in both production systems is different based on their investment capacity, level of their knowledge and scope of their market outlets. In both production systems and processing units, there is not any standard for their products, traceability for their products is very difficult, the type of transport system they are using for their products is not to the standard. the informal marketing channel is dominant, the application of international food safety measures like ISO, HACCP and GMP literally absent, shortage of skilled manpower in the sector is a very serious problem and the market information system and access to credit and incentive is very shallow. The other challenge is the involvement of the middlemen in the marketing process who take the major share of the margin. Therefore, because of these interlinked challenges and others, the producers and processors are not benefited from their business as a result there is a continuous broiler meat importation. Hence, continues capacity building in-terms of man power, facilities, access to credit, incentives, market information system, issuance of rules and regulations for binding challenges in marketing, products traceability system, cold chain facilities, policy direction in products importation, food safety measures and investment promotion in production and processing are very important. Strong and sustainable linkage among major stakeholders is very important as well. Further research is needed to see the products origin, trends and the actors involved should be studied.

Keywords: Importation; Marketing; Processing; Production

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