Analysis of the value chain for local chicken in Tanzania: a case study of Singida and Dar es salaam regions
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Date
2010
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
The study sought to: analyse the structure of the local chicken value chain (LCVC)
from production to consumption, examine how the chain is organized and coordinated,
assess the efficiency along the value chain and identify the constraints facing actors.
Secondary data were collected from various sources such as MLDF and DALDO/
MALDO reports. Primary data were collected using questionnaires administered to a
total of 139 actors along the LCVC from Singida to Dar es Salaam regions. Data were
analysed by using SPSS to generate descriptive statistics such as means, range.
frequencies and percentages as well as cross tab and correlation coefficients. Marketing
margins and profit margins along the chain were also estimated. The study results
indicated that the LCVC was characterized by small scale of operations at all nodes in
the chain, high prevalence of diseases, low productivity per bird, poor facilities for
handling and transporting live chicken birds and limited value addition. Key actors
were local chicken (LC) keepers, assemblers, wholesalers, live chicken retailers, food
retailers and consumers. Overall, the results show that these actors were weakly
organized and coordinated. Prices and margins were found to vary' among the actors in
the LCVC. Retailers were found to obtain higher profits than other actors in the LCVC.
Among the retailers, retailers of cooked/processed LC products were found to obtain
higher profit margins per bird than retailers of live birds, suggesting the importance of
value addition in profit making. Low productivity, low local chicken price, local
chicken mortality, lack of training, extension services, and credits were the major
challenges to local chicken keepers. Traders were constrained by chicken mortalities,
double charges payment and high business running costs. The study recommends
improvement on LC husbandry practices, enforcement of existing laws and regulations,iii
establishment of LC keepers' organizations, linking LC keepers to profitable value
chain strands, establishment of cold chains for transporting LC meat and credit support.
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Masters Dissertation
Keywords
Local chicken, Value chain, Singida and Dar es salaam