International Journal of
Livestock Production

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Livest. Prod.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2448
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJLP
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 287

Full Length Research Paper

Factors influencing urban and peri-urban dairy producers’ participation in milk value addition and volume of milk value added in Welmera Woreda, West Shewa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Tadele Mamo
  • Tadele Mamo
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Ethiopia.
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Tewodros Tefera
  • Tewodros Tefera
  • Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
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Noreen Byre
  • Noreen Byre
  • University College Cork, Ireland.
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  •  Received: 09 August 2013
  •  Accepted: 22 July 2014
  •  Published: 18 September 2014

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