Vol. 10(3), pp. 67-78, June 2022 , 2022.

ISSN: 2384-6151

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijebm2022030

 

 

Full Length Research

 

Review of Wheat Value Chain in Ethiopia

 

1Tigist Zewdu and 2Samuel Lindi

 

1Department of Agribusiness and value chain management, P.O.Box 193, Arsi University, Asella, Ethiopia,  

2Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center, P.O.Box 489, Asella, Ethiopia. Email: samuellindi5@gmail.com  

(Corresponding author) Email: tigistzewdu77@gmail.com

 

 

Accepted 24 February 2022

Abstract

 

In Ethiopia, agriculture contributes over 35.8 percent to the national gross domestic product (GDP), almost 90 percent of export and 72.7percent of employment. Wheat production in 2020 for Ethiopia was 5,100 thousand tons. Ethiopia is the second largest wheat producers in Sub Saharan Africa next to South Africa, with a potential expansion to 1.3 million hectare. The objective of this review is to identify wheat value chain the key actors and their roles in wheat value chain and challenges and opportunities of wheat value chain in Ethiopia. The main actors in the chain include producers, processor, assembler, wholesaler, retailers, and consumers whereas the indirect actors are financial institutions, governments, NGOs). Marketing channel is a business structure of interdependent organizations involved in the process of making the product or service available for consumption starting from product origin. In terms of regional production potential Oromia contributes (57%), Amhara (28%), SNNP (8.7%) and Tigray (6.2%). These show that there is a weak linkage among the wheat value chain actors in Ethiopia. One of the indicators for this weak linkage is the absence (very low level) of linkage between producers and millers few of the wheat produced is directly sold to millers.

 

Keywords: Value Chain, Wheat, Ethiopia

 

Cite This Article As: Tigist, Z., Samuel, L. (2022). Review of Wheat Value Chain in Ethiopia. Inter. J. Econ. Bus. Manage.10(3): 67-78