Abstract:
Ethiopia, having surplus honey sources of flora and the highest number of bee colonies, is the
leading producer of honey and beeswax in Africa. Ethiopia is one of the biggest wax exporters to
the world market. Cooperatives create a network which helps beekeepers and communities to
share experiences, training opportunities and marketing tools. The study aimed to investigate the
determinant factors of the supply of honey marketing cooperatives in Sheka, Benchi sheko and
Kaffa zones. Explanatory research design with mixed research approach was employed to carry
out the study. Multiple regression and correlation analysis was used to analyze the data. The
SPSS Version 26 was used to analyze the cross sectional data. Target populations of the study
were honey marketing cooperatives supply in Sheka, Benchi sheko and Kaffa zones. The study
was conducted based on the data gathered from 276 respondents from 69 honey marketing
cooperatives selected purposively the board of director, manager of the cooperative, the
marketing manager and sales person. The primary and secondary data was used and it was
obtained from honey marketing cooperatives in the three zones. The data was collected through
questionnaire data collection instruments. The study finding revealed that cooperative age, asset
size, price, access to credit, place of sales, promotion, product quality and government policy
support were significantly influence the supply of honey marketing cooperatives measured by
Sales volume. Based on the result of the study, it is recommended that honey marketing
cooperatives better access credit, focus on advertising, and support financial access and other
infrastructures. For future studies investigate the other unsought internal determinants and
external determinants of the cooperatives' sales supply on infrastructure and technology is
recommended.
