Smallholder Dairy Farmers
Analysis of Determinants of Market Channel Choice among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Lower Central Kenya
... of smallholder dairy farmers’ use of breeding services in Nyandarua and Kiambu districts of Central ...small-scale farmers’ choice of organic soil management practices in Bungoma County, ...
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Adaptation to Climate Variability by Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Nyandarua County, Kenya
... of dairy cows, as compared to other regions in Central Kenya and yet, its potential is least exploited ( Romney et ...the smallholder dairy farmers residing in all the subcounties of Nyandarua ...
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Effect of Socio Demographic Characteristics on Kenyan Smallholder Dairy Farmers’ Adaptive Strategies to Climate Change Effects
... in smallholder dairy production systems in most de- veloping countries in recent decades due to climate change has been a significant change in patterns and quantities of rainfall, an increase in ...
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Analysis of Determinants of Vertical and Horizontal Integration among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Lower Central Kenya
... among smallholder dairy farmers in Lower Central ...of dairy smallholder ...holder dairy farmers in Kiambu ...and dairy enterprise turnover were hypothesized to be ...
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The Influence of an Entrepreneurial Value Chain on Performance of Smallholder Dairy Farmers
... Abstract: Smallholder activity is the backbone of the agricultural sector and plays an important role in Kenya’s ...the dairy value chain and the agency has designed an entrepreneurial value chain concept ...
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Adaptation of Smallholder Dairy Farmers in South Western Kenya to the Effects of Climate Change
... Kenyan smallholder dairying faces diminishing land sizes, high input costs, poor extension contacts, non-responsive price policies, and new pests and ...assess smallholder dairy farmers’ ...
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Analysis of Vertical and Horizontal Integration as Determinants of Market Channel Choice among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Lower Central Kenya
... of smallholder dairy farmers' adoption of various milk marketing channels in Kenya ...analysing farmers’ milk marketing channels choice either through itinerant traders (hawkers, neighbours ...
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Determinants of smallholder dairy farmers’ volume of milk sales in Uganda’s agro-ecological zones
... oriented dairy production does not necessarily require large land ...any smallholder dairy farmers in Uganda do not have this tenure security, implying they cannot make such investments that ...
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Constraints to Profitability of Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Nyeri South Sub-County, Kenya
... holder dairy farming in high potential areas of Kenya are related to high human population and subsequent pressure on the ...result, dairy cattle are reared under zero or semi zero grazing. Dairy ...
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Capacity Building the Knowledge and Farm Management Skills of China’s Smallholder Dairy Farmers
... Dairy communities: After the melamine crisis, selling raw milk produced in backyard farms became difficult which, combined with rising production costs in feed and labour, forced many backyard farms to exit the ...
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Estimation of milk production efficiency of dairy cow farms in Embu and Meru counties of Kenya
... the farmers in Embu and Meru Counties performed well at cost ...management. Smallholder dairy farms in six provinces of Northeast Thailand operate at 26% above the frontier costs (Lucila et al, ...
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ASSESSMENT OF ON-FARM DAIRY DIVERSIFICATION PROJECTS IN ENHANCING LIVELIHOODS OF SMALL SCALE FARMERS IN BURETI SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
... of dairy co-operative societies established that the most important economic determinant of dairy performance is capital formation which was considered by ...processing; dairy farming; and commercial ...
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Market oriented smallholder dairy value chain development in Alamata Woreda, Northern Ethiopia: Challenges and opportunities for commercialization
... and smallholder farmers was key and the first step to bring about the desirable improvement in productivity and profitability of smallholder dairy producers in the ...Kelamino Dairy ...
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Assessment of performance of smallholder dairy farms in Kenya: an econometric approach
... the farmers in Embu and Meru Counties performed relatively well in terms of cost ...management. Smallholder dairy farms in six provinces of Northeast Thailand operate at 26% above the frontier costs ...
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... the dairy animals even for the smallholder sector gained weight and milk production was high, while during the dry season the yield and body condition of the cows significantly declined (Marius et ...of ...
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Levels of livelihood outcomes among smallholder sugarcane outgrowers in morogoro region, Tanzania
... whether smallholder farmers were able to increase sugarcane yield, undertake non-farm activities, use improved technologies, save money from sugarcane sold, gain income from sugarcane, and lastly if ...
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Experiences of Organic Dairy Farmers with Ailing Milk Markets A Sociological Study in Northern Germany
... milk farmers had no remuneration for the specific extra costs of organic milk production which estimated near ...Organic dairy farmers are still facing ...between farmers and dairies, some ...
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Determinants of farmers’ adoption of land management practices in Gelana sub-watershed of Northern highlands of Ethiopia
... Land tenure security has been shown to be an import- ant factor affecting farmers’ conservation decisions. The general agreement is that land users must have secure property ownership rights of the lands they ...
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Opportunities and challenges for integrating dairy cattle into farms with certified organic pineapple production as perceived by smallholder farmers in Central Uganda
... challenges farmers en- counter in dairy cattle production which probably also limit their ability to venture into production of organic animal ...organic dairy production is ...er farmers in ...
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Epidemiology of morbidity and mortality on smallholder dairy farms in Eastern and Southern Africa : a dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Veterinary Studies in Epidemiology at Massey University
... Morbidity and mortality are important causes of economic losses on dairy farms worldwide. In order to minimize these losses, the causes of morbidity and mortality and the associated risk factors need to be ...
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