Indicators for technology generation effectiveness in dairying in Ethiopia

摘要

Dairy research is being undertaken since 1960s in Ethiopia, although majority of the farmers still continue to use traditional practices. Thus, this study was carried out to look into the effectiveness of research in generating improved dairy practices. To achieve the objective of the study, cross sectional survey was employed using 50 researchers in the area of livestock sector. A simple random sampling technique was employed to identify the sample respondents. Holistically, to capture all the relevant information, mixed methods viz. focus group discussion, key informant interview, questionnaire and observation were used for data collection. The data were analyzed by developing dairy research effectiveness index, ordered logit regression analysis and content analysis. The dairy research effectiveness index value visibly indicated nearly the low level of the dairy technology generation process of the study area. The ordered logit regression analysis also indicated that research participation and responsiveness of improved dairy practices significantly influenced the effectiveness of dairy research. Thus, developing collaboration programmes with experienced countries in dairy research is a pragmatic approach whereby dairy researchers can be capacitated through experience sharing and staff exchange program for improving the dairy research. Likewise, strengthening financial capacity of researchers, fulfilling research infrastructure, developing research policy and improving research managerial skills are the main areas that need attention of top research executives.