Adoption of milk cooling technology among smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya.
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.
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark, fgg@ifro.ku.dk.
Florence Gathoni
FG
Gachango
Laura Mørch
LM
Andersen
Søren Marcus
SM
Pedersen
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000191:economics*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D003080:Cold Temperature; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003612:Dairying / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008892:Milk; D018803:Models, Economic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires