School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Haramaya University, Ethiopia
Ketema Bekele, currently working at Institution, Haramaya University, Department: School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness. The number of articles published are 05 and the number of times cited by are 87 and the number oreads include are 654. The area of interest in the research was marine science, Aquaculture and agricultural studies, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology.
Research Article
Determinants of Fish Market Supply in the Case of Lake Hawassa, Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopia
Author(s): Tekalign Tuluka*, Ketema Bekele and Kumilachew Alamerie
Fish provides nutrients that are essential to cognitive and physical development, and an important part of healthy
diet. However, resource tragedy, overfishing, employing unrecommended mesh size and low management practices
are discouraging fish marketed supply. This study was sought to identify the determinants of fish market supply
at Lake Hawassa. The study used cross-sectional data from representative fishers of 166 and key informants. Both
descriptive and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) model were employed to analyze the data. The model indicated
that market information, household education, fishing experience, owning of cold storage, credit access, fishing site
and post-harvest loss affected the fish supply statistically and significantly. Accessing market information, household
education, credit facility, cold storage, and experience sharing are ind.. View more»