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Wouldn´t it be wonderful if you didn´t have to worry about the pastoral society whose livelihood is entirely depending on livestock? The empirical findings of this work reflect the realities of today´s livestock marketing information. Reading this publication you will discover: How to compute marketing costs and margins for marketing channels,how to evaluate the efficiency of marketing channels and how to identify factors affecting livestock prices. This publication suggests some innovative ways that the livestock marketing can be performed efficiently. The findings of this work are useful for Livestock Marketing Authority and policy makers for designing appropriate livestock marketing policies for the improvement strategy. Furthermore, it can serve as a reference document for researchers.

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Given Name:Alelign Ademe Surname: Mengistu Nationality: Ethiopian Date of Birth: 05 Jan77 Place of Birth:Gojjam Working title:Lecturer Employer/Institution: Haramaya University

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