Livestock markets and marketing are crucial components of the agricultural transformation agenda in Ethiopia. There is, however, little or no scientific evidence for the demand for livestock market facilities to guide the national effort. Using panel data, we estimate the effect of livestock market shed provision on market participation and revenue from small ruminants in Central Ethiopia. Experimental market sheds were constructed in nine markets, with baseline and follow‐up surveys conducted with a sample of 50 marketers from each of 16 markets. We employ different formulations of a difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, including a combined estimation with propensity score matching. Our results show that provision of market sheds significantly increase farmers’ earnings from small ruminant sales. DiD estimated with a matched sample also shows that market participation increased among smallholder farmers close to the markets with sheds. Our findings support the investment in market facilities in the central highlands and other comparable socio‐economic settings in Ethiopia.

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市场流失会改善小反刍动物饲养者的市场参与度和收入吗？埃塞俄比亚的证据

畜牧市场和销售是埃塞俄比亚农业转型议程的重要组成部分。但是，几乎没有科学证据表明对引导国家努力的牲畜市场设施的需求。使用面板数据，我们估计牲畜市场棚架供应对中埃塞俄比亚中小型反刍动物的市场参与和收入的影响。在9个市场中建立了实验性市场棚，对16个市场中的每个市场的50个市场商人进行了基线和后续调查。我们采用差异表示（DiD）模型的不同公式，包括带有倾向得分匹配的组合估计。我们的结果表明，提供市场棚屋可大大提高农民从反刍动物小额销售中获得的收入。用匹配的样本估算的DiD值还显示，靠近棚屋市场的小农户的市场参与度有所提高。我们的研究结果支持对中部高地市场设施和埃塞俄比亚其他类似社会经济环境的投资。