Factors influencing adoption of artificial insemination and knowledge levels on artificial Insemination among smallholder dairy farmer in Balawoli sub-county.

Abstract

In the study, factors influencing the adoption of Artificial insemination and farmers' knowledge levels on the cattle: reproductive parameters were assessed. A total of 74 livestock farmers were purposively selected and the data was collected using a pre-tested structured questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics and SPSS software version 16. The results revealed that men participate more in dairy farming with 81% as compared to 19% women though women adopted A.I technology 86% out of l4women interviewed as compared to 83% out of 60 men interviewed adoption level o A.I of farmers were 83. Farmer Knowledge level on A.I was influenced greatly by education level 38% followed by Extension services, experience, service availability and dairy cooperatives with 20%, 17%, 15%, 10% respectively. Adoption of A.I was influenced by factors such as marital status, herd-size, are of the household head, years spent in school by the household head and cattle breed kept by a farmer