FACTORS AFFECTING THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE POULTRY FARM ENTERPRISES: THE CASE OF SILTIE ZONE, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA REGION

Abstract The study concentrated on examining factors affecting the performance of small scale Poultry farm enterprises in Silte Zone, Central Ethiopia Region. The data from the 2020-2024 was used to examine factors affecting the profitability of small scale poultry farm enterprises. Both primary and secondary sources of data as well as qualitative and quantitative types of data were employed to collect reliable information about the performance of small scale poultry farm enterprises. The primary data were collected through survey questioner and secondary were collected from Zonal revenue authority and each wereda revenue authority offices (from its financial statement of the five-year profit). The survey employed a sample of 81small scale poultry farm enterprises with income statement and employees were generated as respondents using Multi stage sampling techniques. Multiple linear regression model was used to assess how the variations in profitability of small scale poultry farm enterprises are affected by the various factors. The model result reveals that gender, level of education, access to infrastructure, access to loan, Occurrence of chicken disease, access to technology and start-up capital were statistically significant in affecting the financial performance of small scale Poultry farm enterprises in the study area. Therefore, the government should facilitate an appropriate vaccination service to small scale poultry farm enterprises because still some of small scale poultry enterprises get vaccine service treatment from private animal health clinic and veterinary service from Own contract recruitment veterinary employee. District agricultural and enterprise offices should also provide different Type of poultry products in order to produce efficient level of poultry outputs because still there is a problem of improved exotic chicken and Poultry materials.