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    Determinants of Malt Barley Value Chain Performance: The Case of Galema Farmers Cooperatives Union (GFCU)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2020-06) Girma, Samuel; Berhanu, Denu(Ph.D)
    The main objective of this study was to analyze determinants of malt barley value chain performance in Arsi Zone Galema Farmers Cooperatives Union (GFCU). The assessment of the current status of the malt barley value chain, identify key actors in the chain, their roles, relationship, SWOT and overall value chain management practices. The study was based on data gathered from three hundred forty malt barley producers. Purposive and simple random sampling technique was applied to select sampled households. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis methods were used to analyze the data. Result from correlation analysis indicates that five variables are significantly affecting malt barley value chain performance. These are actors’ relationship, access to market issues, actors’ role, human & physical resource issues, government policy issues and market competition issues. The relative importance of actors’ relationship is higher than other independent variables. Therefore, the implication is that actors should coordinate strongly in managing all aspects of their performance of value chain analysis of malt barley in the study area.