| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study was to assess the determinants of the quantity of milk produced in Uganda. Therefore, it aimed at finding out whether Marital status of the household head, Age of the household head, Gender of the household head, Education level of the household head, Region of the household head, Access to extension services, Belonging to a farmers group, Access to credit and loan facilities, Access to information by the household head and size of the animal for milking have a significant relationship with the quantity of milk produced. It used secondary data which was obtained from Uganda bureau of statistics Food and Agricultural organization surveys carried out in 2019.Data cleaning was done in STATA 16.0 by merging different data files and dropping unnecessary variables not needed for this study. The analysis was done using frequency distribution and multiple linear regressions.
Results from frequency distribution show that, Majority of the household heads (86.26 %) are males. Majority of the household heads (88.91%) are married. More than half of the household heads (66.39%) attained primary education.9.60% of the household heads come from central.
More than half of the household heads (66.06%) obtain agricultural information through radios. 37.42 % of the household heads obtain loans from Self-help groups. Majority of the household heads (95.70%) keep Cattle and pack animals. 79.80% of the house hold heads do not belong to a farmers group.
Results from the multiple linear regression showed that Region, Age of the household head, Main Source of information, marital status of the household head, highest level of education of the household head and size of the animal for milking significantly influence the quantity of milk produced.
The quantity of milk produced by household heads from eastern region was significantly different from the quantity of milk produced by household heads from central region (p-value = 0.000).Household heads from eastern region produced less quantity of milk 3.468789 than household heads from central region on average.
The quantity of milk produced by household heads from Northern Region was significantly different from the quantity of milk produced by household heads from central region (p-value =0.000).Household head from eastern region produced less quantity of milk 3.832324 than household heads from central region on average.
There was significant relationship between age of the household head and the quantity of milk produced (p-value = 0.002). As the age of the household head increased by one year, the quantity of milk produced increased by .0482604 on average.
The quantity of milk produced by household heads who are Divorced/Separated/Widowed was significantly different from the quantity of milk produced by household heads who are married (p-value = 0.011). Household heads who are Divorced/Separated/Widowed produced less quantity of milk 1.816948 than household heads who are married on average.
The quantity of milk produced by household heads who obtained above secondary education was significantly different from the quantity of milk produced by household heads who obtained Nursery or never been to school (p-value=0.013).Household heads who obtained above secondary education produced more quantity of milk 5.201028 than household heads who obtained Nursery or never been to school on average.
The quantity of milk produced by household heads who got information through Farmer to farmer was significantly different from the quantity of milk produced by household heads who got information through a radio (p-value=0.015).Household heads who obtained information through Farmer to farmer produced less quantity of milk 1.047279 than household heads who obtained information through a radio on average.
The quantity of milk produced by household heads who have Small ruminants was significantly different from the quantity of milk produced by household heads who have Cattle and pack animals (p-value =0.000). Household heads who have Small ruminants produced less quantity of milk 2.540467 than household heads who have Cattle and pack animals average.
The study recommended that government should provide more information about dairy farming and sensitize household heads on better milking practices. This can in turn increase the quantity of milk produced. | en_US |
