Relative efficiency of alternative dairy marketing systems in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia based on household purchase patterns

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STEPHEN G. MBOGOH
and
NEGUSSIE TILAHUN

Working Paper No. 19

SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCIENCES DIVISION
INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK CENTRE FOR AFRICA
P.O. Box 5689
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

December, 1994

This study was conducted in 1984-85. Some aspects of this work has been published elsewhere. This full revision is belatedly circulated to provide a basis for comparison of the effect of recent changes in government and policy in Ethiopia.

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Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements

I. Background and justification of the study

1.1. Background
1.2. Justification of the study

II. Research design and methodology

2.1. Conceptual framework
2.2. Sample design
2.3. Data collection techniques
2.4. Data analysis

III. Results and discussion

3.1 General overview
3.2 The purchases patterns and the efficiency of the alternative marketing systems for liquid milk

3.2.1 The identification of alternative milk marketing systems
3.2.2. The relative importance of the alternative milk marketing systems by city zones
3.2.3. The relative efficiency of alternative milk marketing systems

3.3 The purchases patterns and the efficiency of the alternative marketing systems for butter

3.3.1 The identification of the butter marketing systems
3.3.2 The relative importance of the alternative butter marketing systems
3.3.3 The relative efficiency of the alternative marketing systems

IV. Summary and policy implications

4.1. Introduction
4.2. The survey of acquisition and consumption patterns for dairy products
4.3. The efficiency of the alternative dairy marketing systems

Introduction
Milk marketing systems
Butter marketing systems

4.4. Implications for government policy

References

Annex tables