This field assessment research has been carried out to identify the main value chain actors of soybean and their key roles in the product flow. In Metekel zone, the main soybean value chain actors were producers, traders, unions, truck owners, drivers and input suppliers. The supporting services of soybean value chains were Research Centers, BoA, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, NGO's, unions, rural saving and credit cooperatives and other governmental offices. This field research work has been conducted by arranged one-day focus group discussion (FGD) program venue at Paw town. The FGD program had comprises fifteen members brought from three districts in Metekel zone. Before focus group discussion program, we have interviewed twenty-two respondents from Pawe, Danger, Mandura, and Debate districts by prepared checklists to assess the capacity of a local organization and the casts of value chain actors at producers and traders level. Our assessment study results showed that farmers and other large-scale growers produced soybean for three purposes; one for income, two for household consumptions and three for rotation
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