Samenvatting

The study was carried out in the Southern part of Ethiopia within Ziway-Hawassa milk shed. The study was aimed to identify climate-smart practices in the downstream dairy value chain in order to design efficient and climate-smart business models for milk collectors. Purposive and random sampling techniques were alternatively employed to collect data. A total of 32 collection points, four processing units and six milk retailers were targeted, and one respondent per unit was selected. A survey by using semi-structured questionnaire was held to generate data from the respondents.