Opportunities of Coffee Value Chain Activities from Farmers to Local Roasting Companies: In the case of farmers Gomma woreda and selected local roasting Companies in Addis Ababa
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Coffee has major impact on the world economy as the largest single commodity entering the
international trade, after petroleum and petroleum products and it is being grown in more than
80 countries. The study was conducted to the opportunities of coffee value chain activities from
farmers to local roasting companies in the case of farmers in Jima zone Gomma woreda and
selected local roasting companies in Addis Ababa with a specific objective of to assess the coffee
farmers and local roasting companies practice affect the coffee value chain in the study area, to
identify the opportunities of coffee value chain in the study area, to determine the roles of others
actors playing on value adding in coffee value chain on the study area and to identify the
relationship between opportunities of coffee value chain and practice of coffee farmers. In order
to attained these objectives, the study made use of primary and secondary data. The primary data
were generated by questioner for one hundred twenty-one coffee farmers in Jimma zone Gomma
woreda and interview for the selected roasting companies’ officials. This was supplemented by
secondary data collected from different published and unpublished sources. Descriptive statistics,
correlation analysis methods were employed to analyze the data. This data analysis result show
that there are challenges on farmers and local roasting companies’ practices. Result from
correlation analysis all independent variabilities have positive relationship with opportunity of
coffee value chain activities of Jimma zone Gomma woreda, though the strength of relationship is
somehow different from the dimensions involved and the study recommended that the improvement
on the productivities, facilities, human & physical resource, accessibility of market, relationship
and roles of other actors and flexibility of government policy will improve farmers and local
roasting companies’ practices and this will lead to give some good opportunities for coffee value
chain activities. In addition to this the study will helps as a base for further related studies.
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Opportunity, Coffee value chain, Farmers practices, Local roasting companies’ practices