African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6865

Full Length Research Paper

Assessment of factors and factors affecting milk value chain in smallholder dairy farmers: A case study of Ada’a District, East Shawa Zone of Oromia regional State, Ethiopia

Girma Debele1* and Marco Verschuur2
1Girma Debele  Delelesse. Adami Tulu Agricultural Research Center P. O. Box 35, Ziway, Ethiopia. 2Marco Verschuur. Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Science Part of Wageningen University, Co-coordinator of Professional Master Program Agricultural Production Chain Management (APCM) and Co-coordinator of APCM Specialization Livestock Chains, Netherlands.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 21 November 2013
  •  Published: 09 January 2014

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