Research Article

Dairy Farmers’ Choice of Milk Market Outlets: Evidence from Farm Households in Central Ethiopia

Table 2

Definition and description of the explanatory variables and distribution of household characteristics by their choices of milk market outlets.

Variable namesDefinitions and descriptions of variablesIndividual consumers 30 (28%)Cooperative 33 (25%)Hotel 18 (15%)Processing plant 39 (32%)

SEXSex of the respondents (dummy: 1, male and 0, female)8069.766.777
2030.333.3323
AGEAge of respondents (years)40.6742.1540.8943.33
FAMSIFamily size (adult equivalent) (number)2.42.942.832.79
EDUEducational status of family head (years)87.5911.4
DISTDistance to the adjacent urban market (KMs)2.321.81.5
EXTEDairy extension services (Dummy: 1, yes and 0, no)73.3351.525.5646.15
NCOWNumber of owned milking cows (TLU number)2.903.063.223.38
EXPEDairy farming experience (in years)14.1715.7514.3914.15
LANDTotal landholding (hectares) average1.821.521.541.7
CHILDChildren under six years old in number in average3222
ACCCredit access (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no)66.6754.5533.3369.23
33.3345.5566.6730.77
MEMBMembership to cooperative (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no)43.3493.9427.7856.41
56.666.0672.2243.59
PRICEMilk price per litter (in Birr)15.816.0017.7217.31
INFOMAccess to market information (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no)53.6375.6566.7358.97
46.6324.3533.2741.03
POMCredit payment mode (dummy: 1, yes and 0, no)33.3354.5534.3369.23
66.6745.5565.6730.77
VMMThe volume of dairy milk supplied to the market (daily)26.628.829.230.8

Source: authors’ survey computation, 2020.