Gachango Florence Gathoni, Andersen Laura Mørch, Pedersen Søren Marcus
Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 25, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark,
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2014 Jan;46(1):179-84. doi: 10.1007/s11250-013-0472-6. Epub 2013 Sep 19.
Factors influencing adoption of milk cooling technology were studied with data for 90 smallholder dairy farmers who were randomly selected from seven dairy cooperative societies in Kiambu County, Kenya. Logistic regression identified the age of the household head, daily household milk consumption, freehold land ownership, fodder production area, number of female calves, cooperative membership and cooperative services as significant factors influencing farmers' willingness to invest in milk cooling technology. These findings offer an entry point for increased interventions by policy makers and various dairy sector stakeholders in promoting milk cooling technology with the aim of significantly reducing post-harvest losses and increasing the sector's competitiveness.
利用从肯尼亚基安布县七个乳制品合作社中随机挑选的90位小农户的数据，对影响牛奶冷却技术采用的因素进行了研究。逻辑回归分析确定，户主年龄、家庭每日牛奶消费量、自有土地所有权、饲料生产面积、雌性犊牛数量、合作社成员身份以及合作社服务是影响农民投资牛奶冷却技术意愿的重要因素。这些研究结果为政策制定者和乳制品行业的各利益相关方加强干预以推广牛奶冷却技术提供了切入点，目的是显著减少产后损失并提高该行业的竞争力。
