VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF WARQE FOOD PRODUCTS IN ETHIOPIA
VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS OF WARQE FOOD
PRODUCTS IN ETHIOPIA
Ashenafi Chaka Tuffa, Tadesse Kenea Amentae, and Girma Gebresenbet
Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences, Box
7032, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
ABSTRACT
This article is all about to analyse the value chain of warqe (Ensete ventricosum (Welw) Cheesman) food
products in Ethiopia. For this, two survey studies were conducted between 2013 and 2015. Theory of value
chain approach was employed to analyse the value chain. The study mapped the value chain of kocho and
bulla. The result indicated that warqe growing farmers, collectors, processors, wholesalers, retailers, and
consumers are principal value chain actors. Weak product and information flow were observed among
value chain actors within and across different levels of the chain. Moreover, the performance of kocho
value chain was not efficient since farmers did not get a better share of the of consumers’ price. Farmers
generated the most added values in the chain but only gained a small share of profit (27 %). However,
there are opportunities for further upgrading the value chain performance of these foods. Thus, the findings
of the present study suggest that the role of the farmers and bulla processors could be supported by
providing credit, developing and supplying improved warqe varieties, extension services, market facilities
and market information. While this paper focuses on value chain analysis of warqe foods, the information
could apply to other traditional food products.
KEYWORDS
Bulla, Ensete ventricosum, Ethiopia, Kocho, Value chain analysis
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