PAPER TITLE :FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF IMPROVED BREEDS OF LIVESTOCK (SMALL RUMINANTS) IN ONDO STATE OF NI

JOURNAL Of SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY | VOLUME 1 NUMBER 5 2014

Paper Details

  • Author(s) : ADETARAMI, O.
  • Abstract:

This study investigated factors affecting adoption of improved breeds of livestock
(small ruminants) in Ondo State of Nigeria. Specifically, it identified the socio-economic
characteristics of livestock farmers, the information sources by which they became aware of
improved livestock breeds, the various available livestock rehabilitation practices and the factors
affecting the level of adoption of respondents with respect to improved breeds of livestock by farmers.
A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select one hundred and fifty (150) small
ruminant farmers from five selected Local Government Areas (Akure North, Owo, Ose, Akoko
South West and Okitipupa). The result of the findings revealed that, majority 38 percent of the
respondents were between the ages of 41 and 50 years . Majority (50.0 percent) of the respondents
had 1-5 people in their household, the result further revealed that majority of the respondents
(96.0 percent) had one form of education or the other. The study also revealed that the majority of
the respondents (79.3 percent) earned their monthly income within the range of less than N100,000
and 80.3 percent of the respondents spent less than N10,000 for feeding their livestock monthly .
Logistic model, the results showed that increase in age (β = -0.266), household size (β = -0.207),
level of education (β = 0.050), stock size (β = 0.240), monthly income of the farmers (β = 0.370),
and also reduction in feeding expenses on animals (β = -0.457) had significant influence on the
adoption of improved breeds of livestock as showed by wald statistics.