Client satisfaction with livestock improvement technologies in Marsabit, Turkana and Garissa counties of northern Kenya

摘要

AstudywasconductedinMarsabit,TurkanaandGarissacountiesofaridnorthernKenyatocaptureclientsatisfactiononlivestockimprovementtechnologies.DatawascollectedusingastructuredquestionnairerandomlyadministeredtodifferentclientsinvariousexhibitionswherethetechnologiesweredisseminatedinMarsabit(n=56),Garissa(n=47)andLodwar(n=107).Thedatawasanalysedusingdescriptivestatistics.nbsp;Resultsshowthat2,580clientswerereachedwiththetechnologiesduringtheexhibitions,32%beingadultmales,21%adultfemales,30%youthmalesand17%youthfemales.Outofthese,210filledtheclientsatisfactionquestionnaire,70%beingmalesand30%females.MajorityoftheclientsinLodwar(93.2%)andGarissa(69.6%)weresatisfiedwiththetechnologies,asopposedtoonly19.6%inMarsabit.Thesametrendwasobservedintheratingofservicedeliveryintermsofquality,costandusefulness.ThemainreasonisthatpeopleinMarsabitalsopracticeagro-pastoralismandwouldhavepreferredmorecrop-basedtechnologies.Clientsmostlylikedmilkprocessingtechnologiesandthefactthattheexhibitionswereelaborate,well-organisedandrelevanttotheirlivelihoodsystems.However,10%oftheclientsdislikedsellingofbrochuresandliteratureofmaterialsbeinginEnglish.Clientsinalltheexhibitionsagreedthattechnologydisseminationatgrassrootsneededtobeimprovedandtheexhibitionsorganisedmoreregularly.nbsp;Inconclusion,thisstudyshowsthatclientsweregenerallysatisfiedwiththelivestocktechnologies.Futurestudiesshouldinvestigatetheextenttowhichagriculturaltechnologiesdisseminatedthroughshowsandexhibitionsinpastoralareasimpactontheclients.