Value Chain Analysis of Sheep in Gumer Woreda, Guraghe Zone, Central Ethiopia

• Author(s): Seifu Kemal; Samual Zewde
• Paper ID: 1714839
• Page: 4079-4088
• Published Date: 31-03-2026
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 9 Issue 9 March-2026
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I9-1714839

Abstract

There is a lack of well-functioning marketing systems that effectively link the many smallholder producers and their cooperatives with domestic and international markets. The study was initiated to analyze the value chain of sheep in Gumer woreda. In order to explore this, both quantitative and qualitative data were used. Primary data were collected from selected 120 sample sheep producers, 12 sheep traders, 7 hotels and 10 individual consumers. Descriptive statistics, Simple statistical tools, SWOT analysis, marketing margin and value addition were used to analyze the collected data. The major value chain actors in the study areas are input suppliers, producers, collectors, small traders, large trader hotels/ restaurants and consumers. Shortage of land for feed production, lack of improved rams and shortage of forage seeds were input supply problems, whereas the constraints on production were low feed quality, inadequate training and lack of sheep market extension services. Low bargaining power of producers and limited access to market information, poor livestock marketing infrastructure, seasonality in supply and demand for sheep were the constraints of the marketing core function. While for the processing, the constraints were inadequate local market, low quality animals and backyard slaughtering of animals. Finally, the constraints of the consumption core function were inconsistent supply. Based on the finding of the study, support genetic improvement of the Gummer sheep breed based on other experience of community- based breeding programs, provide improved forage technologies and feeding practices, strengthening animal health posts were recommended to government policy- and decision-makers, donors and the wider development community.

Keywords

Value Chain Actors, Marketing Margins, Value Addition

Citations

IRE Journals:
Seifu Kemal, Samual Zewde "Value Chain Analysis of Sheep in Gumer Woreda, Guraghe Zone, Central Ethiopia " Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 9 Issue 9 2026 Page 4079-4088 https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I9-1714839

IEEE:
Seifu Kemal, Samual Zewde "Value Chain Analysis of Sheep in Gumer Woreda, Guraghe Zone, Central Ethiopia " Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, vol. 9, no. 9, Mar. 2026, doi: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I9-1714839

APA:
Seifu Kemal, Samual Zewde (2026). Value Chain Analysis of Sheep in Gumer Woreda, Guraghe Zone, Central Ethiopia . Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 9(9). doi: https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I9-1714839

MLA:
Seifu Kemal, Samual Zewde "Value Chain Analysis of Sheep in Gumer Woreda, Guraghe Zone, Central Ethiopia " Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, vol. 9, no. 9, Mar. 2026. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I9-1714839

BibTeX

@article{1714839,
author = {Seifu Kemal, Samual Zewde},
title = {Value Chain Analysis of Sheep in Gumer Woreda, Guraghe Zone, Central Ethiopia },
journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
year = {2026},
volume = {9},
number = {9},
pages = {4079-4088},
issn = {2456-8880},
url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1714839.pdf},
abstract = {There is a lack of well-functioning marketing systems that effectively link the many smallholder producers and their cooperatives with domestic and international markets. The study was initiated to analyze the value chain of sheep in Gumer woreda. In order to explore this, both quantitative and qualitative data were used. Primary data were collected from selected 120 sample sheep producers, 12 sheep traders, 7 hotels and 10 individual consumers. Descriptive statistics, Simple statistical tools, SWOT analysis, marketing margin and value addition were used to analyze the collected data. The major value chain actors in the study areas are input suppliers, producers, collectors, small traders, large trader hotels/ restaurants and consumers. Shortage of land for feed production, lack of improved rams and shortage of forage seeds were input supply problems, whereas the constraints on production were low feed quality, inadequate training and lack of sheep market extension services. Low bargaining power of producers and limited access to market information, poor livestock marketing infrastructure, seasonality in supply and demand for sheep were the constraints of the marketing core function. While for the processing, the constraints were inadequate local market, low quality animals and backyard slaughtering of animals. Finally, the constraints of the consumption core function were inconsistent supply. Based on the finding of the study, support genetic improvement of the Gummer sheep breed based on other experience of community- based breeding programs, provide improved forage technologies and feeding practices, strengthening animal health posts were recommended to government policy- and decision-makers, donors and the wider development community.},
keywords = {Value Chain Actors, Marketing Margins, Value Addition},
month = {March}
}