Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya

Florence Gathoni Gachango; Laura Mørch Andersen; Søren Marcus Pedersen

doi:10.1007/s11250-013-0472-6

Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya

Florence Gathoni Gachango, Laura Mørch Andersen, Søren Marcus Pedersen

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Abstract

Factors influencing adoption of milk cooling technology were studied with data for 90 smallholder dairy farmers who were randomly selected from seven dairy cooperative societies in Kiambu County, Kenya. Logistic regression identified the age of the household head, daily household milk consumption, freehold land ownership, fodder production area, number of female calves, cooperative membership and cooperative services as significant factors influencing farmers’ willingness to invest in milk cooling technology. These findings offer an entry point for increased interventions by policy makers and various dairy sector stakeholders in promoting milk cooling technology with the aim of significantly reducing post-harvest losses and increasing the sector’s competitiveness.

Original language	English
Journal	Tropical Animal Health and Production
Volume	46
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	179-184
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0049-4747
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-013-0472-6
Publication status	Published - Jan 2014

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