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dc.contributor.authorNkwasibwe, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-05T08:48:09Z
dc.date.available2014-08-05T08:48:09Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/3240
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Directorate of Research and Graduate Training in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Master of Agribusiness Management of Makerere Universityen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Ugandan dairy sector is experiencing continuous growth. This has been due to adoption of improved cattle breeds, better herd management practices and increased demand for milk. However, the growth rate has been very slow due to uncoordinated existing market structures as well as poor information flow along the dairy market chain. This study was conducted in Kiruhura district and a sample of 234 dairy farmers was selected. The main objective of the study was to determine factors influencing farmers’ choice of the milk marketing channels. Specific objectives were to characterize dairy farmers participating in different milk marketing channels, determine profitability earned by dairy farmers participating in formal and informal milk marketing channels, determine factors that influence farmers’ choice of formal marketing channel and determine factors influencing the proportions of total milk produced that were sold to formal channel. Results showed that formal milk marketing channel was associated with large herd size farmers, large milk producers, large land size ownership and dairy cooperative membership. Probit model regression results revealed that the most significant determinants of formal marketing choice as household size, milk volume produced, and payment period, source of market information, milk selling price and distance to the milk collection centres. The Censored Tobit model showed that household size, total milk produced, payment period and source of market information, milk selling price and distance to the milk collection centres significantly influenced the volumes of milk sold through formal marketing channel. The study recommended investment in infrastructures such as roads and rural electrification by the government to ease establishment of milk coolers nearer to dairy farmers. In addition, formal marketing channel traders should revise the milk marketing price, offer market information and extension services on quantity and quantity milk production. On the side of farmers, formation of dairy cooperatives, reviving the already existing ones and cooperative milk processing should be thought ofen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMilk marketing channelsen_US
dc.subjectDairy farmers, Ugandaen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of choice of milk marketing channels by dairy farmers in Kiruhura District, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US


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