Performance and Efficiency Analysis of Livestock Marketing : A study in Afar Region, Ethiopia

The potential to livestock development in Ethiopia and the region at all is very wide. Detailed stratification of livestock development in to areas where they fit best in market integration through alternative channels is the main components of livestock market development. In order to meet up success on livestock market development projects and institutional supports, market evaluation on the magnitude and seasonality of supply and price analysis is necessary. Hence, this study can be an indication to the comparative advantage of such proposals and strategic development options in assessing the degree of market efficiency in terms of marketing margins and spatial price correlation of markets.likewise, the study with the above issue can also help policy makers to policy decision and supportive intervention of livestock marketing in the region.