RESEARCH ARTICLE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS IN MILK PRODUCTION AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO TRANSACTION COSTS IN MILK MARKETING IN KENYA'S NORTH RIFT

摘要: The study aimed at assessing marketing constraints faced by small-scale dairy farmers in Nandi North and Uasin Gishu districts. This paper examines the socio-economic factors that depress milk production two A combination of multi-stage, simple random systematic sampling methods was used to select district small scale farmers, where 270 respondents were interviewed using structured questionnaires interview guides. results indicated a good education, more dairying experience, proximity cooler/milk collection centre, ownership means transport reduced transaction costs, enabling sell formal channels. Further, roads, residing rather than North, owning bank account, cooperating with large-scale phone access electricity household also associated selling Ordinary Least – Squares regression showed socioeconomic poor animal breeds, lack feed supplementation, health care animals. It is recommended due consideration be given development better physical institutional infrastructure which would effectively link these producer areas markets improve market knowledge providing relevant information farming skills. gives guidelines serve as point reference for further research industry general, any particular.