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Socio-demographic structure and constraints of Smallholder Dairy farmers in Oyo state, Nigeria
The contribution of dairy farming to the socio-economic development of Oyo state and Nigeria at large cannot be underestimated; we therefore sought to establish socio-demographic status and constraints of small holder dairy farmers at five milk collection centres built by FC WAMCO in Oyo state, Nige...
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| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Abiola, J. O. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Olaogun, S. C. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Adedokun, R. A. M. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Onaro, S. K. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2019 | ||
| 520 | |a The contribution of dairy farming to the socio-economic development of Oyo state and Nigeria at large cannot be underestimated; we therefore sought to establish socio-demographic status and constraints of small holder dairy farmers at five milk collection centres built by FC WAMCO in Oyo state, Nigeria. Well structure close ended question-based questionnaires were administered in the study location. Farmer’s demography revealed 63.64% and 36.36% male and female respectively, majority (46.54%) were between 30 and 40yrs. 73.82% do not have formal education, 40.18% reported 10 years of rearing. Major constraints identified were; lack of milking equipment reported by 97.64%, 93.82% reported lack of milk preservation facilities. 97.64% reported high cost of breeder stock. 51.82% were not aware of artificial insemination. Inaccessibility to good water was reported by 98.55%, 93.09% reported cattle rustling, 70% were not aware of any biosecurity measures. | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 2277-1964 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_article_abiola_socio-demographic_2019 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a International Journal of Livestock Research (9)7, pp. 14-23 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13569 | |
| 653 | |a Constraints | ||
| 653 | |a Dairy Farmers | ||
| 653 | |a Socio-demography | ||
| 653 | |a Smallholder | ||
| 653 | |a Oyo state | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Socio-demographic structure and constraints of Smallholder Dairy farmers in Oyo state, Nigeria |