Determinants of Market Access

This study examines the determinants of market access for members of improved potato seed producers cooperative in Jeldu District West Showa Zone of Oromia. The main objectives of the study were to assess the marketing channels of the potato seed, to analyze the factors that affect members to market access and to identify the market problems potato seed of the sample farmers in the study area. Purposive sampling technique was used to select Jeldu district and four primary cooperatives from the sample frame and on the basis of statistical random sampling techniques of probability proportional to the size, 139 sample respondents have been selected. The analysis of the study was based on both primary and secondary data sources that combined qualitative and quantitative data which were collected from the members of the sampled cooperatives of the study area. The data were collected through the questionnaire, Checklist for Key Informants and FGDs.