Agro Pastoralists’ Awareness and Knowledge on Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Two Selected Counties in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorOuya, Fredrick Ochieng
dc.contributor.authorBett, Eric
dc.contributor.authorNguhiu, Purity
dc.contributor.authorMakokha, Stella
dc.contributor.authorMwirigi, Martin K.
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-03T08:46:17Z
dc.date.available2023-07-03T08:46:17Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractPoor identification of Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia diseases from its signs and symptoms is a major problem to goat farmers which leads to use of wrong method of disease control. The uptake of control strategies like vaccination by farmers depends on many factors while awareness and knowledge become the foundation of the technology adoption processes. This therefore necessitated a study to understand the level of awareness and knowledge of Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, which is a highly infectious goat disease. The study analysed and used cross-sectional data collected from 342 households interviewed in October, November, and December 2020 in Kajiado County and Taita Taveta County in Kenya. These two counties are dominated by agro pastoralists and goat keeping is predominant. The study examines the factors influencing the agro pastoralists’ knowledge and level of awareness on the six major signs and symptoms of Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia disease differentiating it from other goat diseases. Multivariate probit model was the main data analysis method used. Results show that agro pastoralists’ level of knowledge and awareness on Contagious Caprine Pleuropnemonia disease depend significantly on other factors such as the gender of household head, age, education level, household size, access to extension services, and group dynamics. The findings imply that policymakers and agricultural development partners should increase public and private investment on agro pastoralists’ training and education programmes which is one of the main pathways for increasing public awareness in livestock dominated areas.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP)en_US
dc.identifier.citationFredrick Ochieng Ouya, Eric Bett, Purity Nguhiu, Stella Makokha & Martin K Mwirigi (2022) Agro pastoralists’ awareness and knowledge on contagious caprine Pleuropneumonia in two selected counties in Kenya, Cogent Food & Agriculture, 8:1, 2140472, DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2022.2140472en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2022.2140472
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26037
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.titleAgro Pastoralists’ Awareness and Knowledge on Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia in Two Selected Counties in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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