dc.contributor.author | Bakunda, King | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-10T10:44:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-10T10:44:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bakunda, K. (2021). Assessment of technical efficiency in dairy farming among small scale holder farmers in Buhweju district. Undergraduate dissertation. Makerere University | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12281/10055 | |
dc.description | A special project report submitted to the Department of Agribusiness and Natural Resource Economics in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of a Degree of Bachelor of Agribusiness Management of Makerere University | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Over the past two decades, the Ugandan dairy sector has exhibited remarkable technological
development. This process of technology adoption has implied significant changes in dairy
farming production system. The models of production have been changing from natural
conditions to new farming systems that involve pasture cultivation and supply of nutritive feeds
for example changing from pastoral farming to intensive farming system.
The study mainly focused on dairy farming practiced on a smaller holder basis in Buhweju
district in southwestern Uganda where a random sample of 200 farmers was made. Technical
efficiency estimates were generated for 200 dairy farms. The results of this study indicated that
technical efficiency of milk production by most of dairy farms in sampled is low. The mean
technical efficiency was estimated to be only .9281275 for the sampled dairy farmers.
Technical efficiency can be further improved through provision of education, training and
orientation of the farmers toward dairy farming practices. More education will be crucial in
increasing technical efficiency. There is need to improve farmers’ access to extension services
and more emphasis on use improved pasture. The need to involve farmers more in the extension
process itself should be encouraged. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Makerere University | en_US |
dc.subject | Technical efficiency | en_US |
dc.subject | Dairy farming | en_US |
dc.subject | Smallholder farmers | en_US |
dc.subject | Buhweju district | en_US |
dc.title | Assessment of technical efficiency in dairy farming among small scale holder farmers in Buhweju district | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |