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    How Value Chain Affects Poultry Pricing: Evidence From Poultry Farms in Bishoftu Town
    (Addis Ababa University, 2023-06) Daniel Gebresilassie; Beza Libeyesus (PhD)
    The aim of this thesis was to investigate the value chain factors that are impacting the pricing of the poultry products in the town of Bishoftu (Debre Zeit). A questionnaire was formulated and distributed to the 124 respondents and all the 124 participants were able to fill and return the questionnaire. Thereafter, both descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to analyses the obtained response using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 2019. Both descriptive and explanatory research design was used to interpret the outcome of the analysis. The findings of the analyses indicated that feed price fluctuation, market informality, market seasonality, lack of hatchery firms, shortage of Day-Old-Chicks supply, and lack of poultry processing and storage facilities were statistically significant and positively influenced the price setting of poultry products. The study recommends that the farmers should be able to come together as a union to get all the government support and to gain comparative price and market advantage in the poultry industry. The government and the policy makers should also create conducive environment for the farmers to undertake their farming practices properly. The banking institutions are also duty bounded to financially and operationally support the poultry sub-sector