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The Levels of Dairy Production among Adopters and Non-Adopters of Climate Smart Agricultural Technologies, in Aldai Sub-County, Nandi County of Kenya

DOI : https://doi.org/10.36349/easjals.2021.v04i08.002
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This paper aims to evaluate the levels of dairy production (in terms of average monthly milk levels) of adopters and non-adopters of climate smart agricultural technologies in Aldai sub-county, Nandi County of Kenya. We identify three important facts. First, there seems to be a positive growth in milk production amongst EADD project farmers. This increase can be attributed to differences in animal husbandry practices promoted by EADD project. These animal husbandry practices include training in animal health, fodder conservation, feed formulation, water storage and conservation and growing of drought resistant crops. A second important result is the slight reduction in milk production between 2011 and 2012 seasons which we suspect might be attributed to the effect of drought which impacted feed production the whole country. A final fact is that both adopters and non-adopters witnessed an increase in milk production levels, we show that non-adopters had about 25 percent rice in milk production compared to adopters who observed about 23 percent rise in milk production levels. We also undertook a marketing margin analysis using administrative data obtained from a local farmer organization. Here, our results indicate that total milk supplied to a local cooperative society was steady over time. The supply was highest in 2013. On average, monthly value of milk supplied was Kenya Shillings (KES) 5,293 in 2011- two years after the launch of EADD project. The amount of milk supplied increased by about 4.2 percent between 2011 and 2012 period. The small increase in the value of milk can be attributed to drought which negatively impacted feeds production in Nandi County. However, we observe a higher increase in revenue between 2012 and 2013 of about KES 639.51 (or 11.60 percent). In terms of milk production, we estimate that an average dairy farmer in Nandi County supply about 182.50 litres of milk to the cooperative society in 2011. This level of milk supply increased to 190.

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