Economic performance of small ruminants to smallholder farmers in Climate Smart Villages of Nyando

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cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nairobien
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierCharles Gachuiri: 0000-0002-5257-1468
cg.creator.identifierJohn Walker Recha: 0000-0002-1146-7197
cg.creator.identifierJames Audho: 0000-0001-5857-9324
cg.creator.identifierOjango J.M.K.: 0000-0003-0224-5370
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-EA_CSVPartnerships
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICESen
dc.contributor.authorSila, Winfreden
dc.contributor.authorGachuiri, Charles Ken
dc.contributor.authorRecha, John W.M.en
dc.contributor.authorAudho, James O.en
dc.contributor.authorOjango, Julie M.K.en
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-07T13:09:16Zen
dc.date.available2020-02-07T13:09:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/106996
dc.titleEconomic performance of small ruminants to smallholder farmers in Climate Smart Villages of Nyandoen
dcterms.abstractSmall ruminant production forms an integral part of the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Nyando. This paper is part of a study to evaluate the impacts of the small ruminants on the incomes of smallholder farmers adopting “Climate Smart” agricultural practices in the counties of Kericho and Kisumu in Nyando. A cross-sectional survey involving 162 households was conducted in 2018 to elicit information on farmer demographic characteristics, resource endowment, flock dynamics, and revenues from small ruminant production. Results from the analyses of the data collated showed that the small ruminants are an important source of revenue for the smallholder farmers. The number of animals owned varied depending on the size of the land owned. Farmers in Kericho tended to have larger land holdings than in Kisumu (p<0.01) with concurrently larger flock sizes. The farmers however did not have any information on the optimal number of animals that they should keep on their land. In both counties, better prices were received for larger mature animals than for immature animals. The farmers also tended to sell more female than male animals although they stated that the sale of animals was dependent on the availability of the animals and the anticipated returns. Information on the optimal number of animals to rear with specific resources available is needed for the farmers to be able to continually produce and market sheep and goats at a good price.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSila W, Gachuiri CK, Recha J, Audho J, Ojango JMK. 2019. Economic performance of small ruminants on smallholder farmers in Climate Smart Villages of Nyando. Oral presentation at the 42nd Conference of Tanzania Society of Animal Production 23-25 October 2019. Dodoma, Tanzania.en
dcterms.extent19 p.en
dcterms.issued2019-10-23
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjecteconomicsen
dcterms.subjectsmall ruminantsen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectclimate-smart agricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typePresentation

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