Opportunities Of Coffee Value Chain Activities From Farmers To Local Roasting Companies In The Case Of Farmers Gomma Woreda And Selected Local Roasting Companies In Addis Ababa

Coffee has major impact on the world economy as the largest single commodity entering therninternational trade, after petroleum and petroleum products and it is being grown in more thanrn80 countries. The study was conducted to the opportunities of coffee value chain activities fromrnfarmers to local roasting companies in the case of farmers in Jima zone Gomma woreda andrnselected local roasting companies in Addis Ababa with a specific objective of to assess the coffeernfarmers and local roasting companies practice affect the coffee value chain in the study area, tornidentify the opportunities of coffee value chain in the study area, to determine the roles of othersrnactors playing on value adding in coffee value chain on the study area and to identify thernrelationship between opportunities of coffee value chain and practice of coffee farmers. In orderrnto attained these objectives, the study made use of primary and secondary data. The primary datarnwere generated by questioner for one hundred twenty-one coffee farmers in Jimma zone Gommarnworeda and interview for the selected roasting companies’ officials. This was supplemented byrnsecondary data collected from different published and unpublished sources. Descriptive statistics,rncorrelation analysis methods were employed to analyze the data. This data analysis result showrnthat there are challenges on farmers and local roasting companies’ practices. Result fromrncorrelation analysis all independent variabilities have positive relationship with opportunity ofrncoffee value chain activities of Jimma zone Gomma woreda, though the strength of relationship isrnsomehow different from the dimensions involved and the study recommended that the improvementrnon the productivities, facilities, human & physical resource, accessibility of market, relationshiprnand roles of other actors and flexibility of government policy will improve farmers and localrnroasting companies’ practices and this will lead to give some good opportunities for coffee valuernchain activities. In addition to this the study will helps as a base for further related studies.

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