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I understand that in many developing countries such as Ethiopian village poultry is the largest part of the national poultry and egg production and plays an important role in economic, nutritious, and socio-cultural. Households in Ethiopia have not fully benefited from the potential of village poultry because little attention is given to the sub-sector of research and development efforts. Little research and development efforts tend to explore improvements largely through technical approaches by ignoring the socio-economic and institutional context in which producers operate. This study aims to identify technical, household, infrastructure and institutional drivers or barriers that affect the production of poultry villages and productivity in Ethiopia. Descriptive statistics and econometric tools such as probes and Heckman's two-stage model and its marginal effects were used to analyze the status and factors driving the production and productivity of poultry in the village. Distance to all weather roads decreases the size of the herd and possibly ownership of poultry. Contact with development agencies and participation in training increases sheep size and the probability of buying inputs and adopting commercial breeds. The size of herds and ownership of commercial breeds increases the likelihood of buying poultry input at home. Our results indicate that research and development efforts should improve not only production performance through better use of inputs and technologies but should equally emphasize increasing benefits for smallholder producers by providing infrastructure and institutional support to target households.