dc.contributor.author | Webale, AB | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-10T06:00:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-10T06:00:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1996 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Webale, A. B(1996). Evaluation of an intensive dairy farming system among small scale farmers in Nakuru District | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/21026 | |
dc.description | Msc-Thesis | en |
dc.description.abstract | This study was undertaken to identify differences in income,
milk availability, labour involvement and the nutritional status
of pre-school children among F.S.K (Farming Systems Kenya)
households and non-F. S.K households in Nakuru district. The
study involved collection of data using a cross-sectional survey
which started in October 1992 and ended in February 1993. Data
were collected from a comprehensively sampled F.S.K group and a
comparative group of non-F.S.K farmers.
The results from this study show that the total cash income
among F.S.K households per year is, on average, significantly
higher than that among non-F.S.K households although almost half
(45.0 percent) of the cash income among F.S.K households is from
milk sales. F.S.K households have more milk available for home
consumption ,as a result of the fact that, 63.5 percent of the
milk produced by these households is reserved for home use. The
introduction of the dairy project by F.S.K in the area served
to increase the involvement of women in on-farm activities.
contrary to expectations, the project has not shifted labour
involvement of mothers from crop production activities. However,
mothers within F.S.K households are less involved in household
work as was anticipated. Households with high cash incomes and
high available calories from own production, include children
with higher levels of nutritional status relative to the rest
of the study population. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.subject | Dairy farming | en |
dc.subject | Small scale farmers | en |
dc.subject | Nakuru District | en |
dc.title | Evaluation of an intensive dairy farming system among small scale farmers in Nakuru District | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, University of Nairobi | en |