Hides And Skins Production And Marketing Systems In Ethiopia; A Systematic Review (Des, 2017)
Key words: hide, skin, production and marketing
In Ethiopia hides and skins have a wide importance mainly as a source of foreign currency of the leather industry. The consumption of these products is low for reasons of low quality and market imperfection. The objectives of this review were reviewing of hides and skins production and marketing system in Ethiopia. Lack of competitive pricing is the major problem marketing of hides and skins. Farmers do not set price for their hide or skin. The reasons are: usually prices set by traders, they are mostly price takers, because they can’t return back their hide or skin. Livestock diseases and parasites as well as lack of veterinary services are also indicated as the major problem in reducing quality of hides and skins. According different articles adding salt to the fresh hide and skin is the most preservation method because it’s highly demand in the market. Buying process is doing without following the grading standards of hides and skins, by simple sorting based on visible defects. Therefore Market system of hides and skins should be improved to standardize pricing based on quality and Provision of efficient and effective veterinary service to the animals and effective extension service to the producers is crucial for the quality improvement.
Key words: hide, skin, production and marketing
Teame Gebrehiwot. "Hides And Skins Production And Marketing Systems In Ethiopia; A Systematic Review (Des, 2017)".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH ISSN:2321-9939, Vol.5, Issue 4, pp.1125-1128, URL :https://rjwave.org/ijedr/papers/IJEDR1704181.pdf
Volume 5 Issue 4
Pages. 1125-1128
