Analysis of Improved Indigenous Chicken Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers: Case of Makueni and Kakamega Counties, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorKamau, Christopher N
dc.contributor.authorKabuage, Lucy W.
dc.contributor.authorBett, Eric K.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-21T06:25:34Z
dc.date.available2021-05-21T06:25:34Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractIndigenous chicken (IC) production is a source of food security and income among smallholder farmers within high potential areas and semi-arid lands (ASAL). The demand for IC eggs and meat is anticipated to increase threefold by the year 2020 by health conscious consumers. However, potential of IC to contribute to household incomes and poverty alleviation in ASAL is constrained by slow maturity of IC and low productivity. Hence, to address these constraints improved indigenous chicken (IIC) technologies have been developed and introduced to smallholders in high potential area and ASAL. However, only a few smallholder farmers have adopted the IIC technologies. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine the effect of farmer socioeconomic characteristics on adoption and intensity of adoption the IIC technology in Makueni and Kakamega counties. A total of 384 households were sampled using multi-stage sampling to collect data through interviews. The collected data was analysed using a double hurdle model. The results suggest that sex of the household head, farm size, group membership, which had not been previously identified in IIC studies as a significant variable, distance to training centre, off-farm activities and IIC awareness significantly affected adoption decision of improved IC. On the other hand, education of the household head, household size, farm size, source of information on IIC and awareness on IIC had significant effects on the level of adoption. The recommendations from this study have an implication on extension policy, land use policy, food policy, collective action and pricing policy in the context of technology adoption in Kenya.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWorld Banken_US
dc.identifier.citationKamau, C. N., Kabuage, L. W., & Bett, E. K. (2019). Analysis of improved indigenous chicken adoption among smallholder farmers: Case of Makueni and Kakamega counties, Kenya. International Journal of Agricultural Extension, 7(1), 21-37.en_US
dc.identifier.issn23116110
dc.identifier.issn23118547
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/22204
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIJAEen_US
dc.subjectAdoptionen_US
dc.subjectdouble hurdleen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous chickenen_US
dc.subjectMembershipen_US
dc.subjectTrainingen_US
dc.subjectTechnologyen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of Improved Indigenous Chicken Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers: Case of Makueni and Kakamega Counties, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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