Determinants of the Adoption of Boer Crossbred Goat in Pastoral and Agro pastoral Areas of Yabello District, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was conducted with the objective of investigating the Determinants of the adoption of improved Boer crossbred goats in Pastoral and Agro pastoral Areas of Yabello District, Ethiopia. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select two rural kebeles and respondents. A total of 120 pastoralists were interviewed to generate primary data. Data were collected from both primary and secondary sources using interview schedule and personal observations. Interview schedule was developed, pretested & used for the collection of the essential quantitative and qualitative data for the study. Moreover, secondary data were collected from relevant sources. The binary logistic regression model was also employed to assess the determinants of adoption of newly introduced Boer crossbred goat in the study area. 10 explanatory variables were used for the binary logit model, out of which 7 variables were found to be significant to influence the adoption of newly introduced Boer crossbred goats in the study area. These variables were: Age, number of livestock owned in TLU, family labour, access to credit, training participation and distance from water sources. Therefore, all concerned bodies: government, non-government and development actors working at different levels in livestock in general and Goat breeding programme in particular should give attention to those variables which positively or negatively and significantly affecting pastoralists’ decision to adopt the newly introduced Boer crossbred goats in the study area to enhance the rate of adoption in the study area.

Keywords: Adoption, Boer crossbred goats, Binary logit model