grain market research project promoting fertilizer use in ethiopia the implications of improving performance input efficiency and farm management mulat demeke ali said ts jayne working paper 5 ministry economic development cooperation addis ababa march 1997 this is a revised expanded version presented at discussion forum november 8 9 1996 sodere sponsored by government lecturer university scholar visiting associate professor michigan state authors thank aklu girgre daniel molla asres workneh steven franzel valerie kelly jim shaffer for comments on previous draft ii table contents 1 background 2 profitability 7 factors influencing measuring value cost ratio vcr b reservation price 10
