Assessment of Camel Milk Productivity, Market Channel and Its Effect on Pastoralist Livelihood: The Case of Degah Bour Woreda, Jarar Zone, Somali Regional State (SRS)
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2019-06
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Addis Ababa University
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This study was conducted in Degahbour Woreda of Jarar Zone, Somali Regional State, Ethiopia
with the objectives of assessing camel milk productivity, marketing channel and its effect on
pastoralist livelihood. The study employed a combination of descriptive and explanatory followed
with cross sectional design. Multi stage sampling techniques were used to select 155 household
heads. In order to achieve the objectives of the study and thereby give answers for the basic
research questions, mixed research approach was used. Both primary and secondary data sources
were used to collect a data. Structured questionnaires and check lists were used to collect the
primary source of the data. The data were entered, manipulated, organized and analyzed using
SPSS version 23 and Excel. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to identify and
determine the household income. According to the study findings some of the explanatory variables
including age of the household head, amount of camel milk produced per camel in wet season,
amount of camel milk produced per camel in dry season, number of lactating camels owned and
price of camel milk in dry season are linearly associated with the income of household and
statistically affect the household income with a 0.05 level of significance. Pastoralist respondents
well-known that the income they get from camel milk sales allows them to cover most of their daily
household needs and expense. Camel milk is means of income especially for the pastoralist
community that plays a great economic contribution and livelihood for pastoralist households.
Different camel milk production constraints and marketing were identified, especially shortage of
forage, diseases and parasites and scarcity of water were the major constraints of milk production,
whereas lack of transportation and poor infrastructures were the main milk marketing during the
study, therefore the Woreda, livestock and pastoralist development office along with its partners
should have to improve the above mentioned problems, in order to improve the milk production
and marketing of the pastoralist in the study area.
Key words: Camel milk, productivity, marketing channel, livelihood.
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Camel milk, productivity, marketing channel, livelihood