Smallholder Dairy Production Technology Transfer And Adoption Constraints In Mixed Farming System In Girar Jarso Woreda Of North Shoa Zone Oromia Regional State

This study was carried out from September 2006 to April 2007 in four Kebeles’ of Girar-JarsornWoreda, North Shoa zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia to assess productivernperformance of dairy cows and technology use in 200 randomly selected market-orientedrnsmallholder dairy farms. A structured questionnaire survey, farm visit, and PA discussionrnwere conducted during the study. The overall mean family size of respondents in this studyrnwas 5.77+2.35 persons. The average number of economically active family members (greaterrnthan 15 years old) was 2.44 persons (1.20 ± 1.25 male and 1.24 ± 1.33 female). The averagernnumber of livestock owned by the respondent farmers was 16.65 ± 7.11animals or 9.47 TLU.rnDairy cows constituted the highest proportion of the herd followed by draft oxen. Crossbredrndairy cows represented the highest proportion of the cattle herd composition with the meanrnvalue of 1.83 (22.7%). There was statistically significant difference between crossbred andrnindigenous cattle in all production and reproduction performance parameters assessedrn(p 0.05) probability level. As expected, sex is positively and isrnstatistically significant (p < 0.05) for all technologies identified and adopted in the area.rnAccording to the survey result characteristics of the household head (84%) and source ofrninformation (68.5%) were the most frequent factors that influence the decisions of thernhousehold to choice new technologies.

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