Livestock Marketing Challenges and Prospects in Jigjiga Town, Fafen Zone, Ethiopian Somali Regional State

Abstract

The study were conducted on the title of Livestock Marketing Challenges In Jigjiga Town with the following objectives of to identify the parameters that affect the market activities, to assess the marketing information about livestock marketing and To analyze livestock marketing facilities and problems with the methodology and sample size of 50 household and the sample procedure of this study was purposive sampling was used to collect general information for the Jigjiga woreda village markets among that 4 village markets were used. Both primary and secondary data were collected. The collected data were entering to excel and imported to the SPSS for analyzed and presented with tables, graphs and percentage. During livestock marketing brokers were contributed 50% the marketing network, the Butchers were contributed the list share about 12% according to the survey result showed. From production management to distribution of marketing items point of you Feeding whole assumed feed contributed the majored share about 36 % and the listed shared were Castration about 6% from the total, the demand of the animals were high for Fattened not castrated about 48% but the list wanted type of animal were Drought ox about 4%.