Apple Value Chain Analysis in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
Apple value chain analysis was undertaken in the central highlands of Ethiopia with the objectives of identifying the value chain functions, actors, constraints, and to assess the value added along the value chain. Primary and secondary data were used, collected from 201 apple growing households, 2 commercial growers, 2 government nurseries, 5 experts, 11 traders and 24 consumers, and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The survey result indicated that the direct value chain actors were input suppliers, producers, traders and consumers and the associated functions were input supply, production, marketing and consumption. Apple growers retained the lowest (13%) net marketing margin while collectors and street venders retained the highest net marketing margin (26% and 28%), respectively. Apple growers added 19% of value while traders were responsible for the highest percentage of value addition (80.6%). The linkage among the value chain actors was weak, reflected in terms of limited horizontal coordination within producers, within traders and limited vertical coordination along the value chain, and lacked information transparency. Also, diseases and pests, poor quality seedlings, low productivity and poor quality harvest affected the value chain negatively. This implies that there is a need to make the value chain sustainable through setting innovation platforms and efficient extension service; adapting modern breeding approaches (classical & molecular selections) to generate durable disease resistance and good quality fruit trees, and strengthening of horizontal and vertical coordination within and along the value chain.
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Wudineh Getahun, et al.
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