Impact of ICT based extension services on dairy production and household welfare: The case of iCow service in Kenya

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dc.creatorMarwa, M.E.
dc.creatorMburu, John
dc.creatorRao, E.J.O.
dc.creatorOkeyo Mwai, Ally
dc.creatorKahumbu Stephanou, Su
dc.date2020-02-15
dc.date2020-03-19T08:50:56Z
dc.date2020-03-19T08:50:56Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T16:38:31Z
dc.descriptionSmallholder dairy farmers have the challenges of accessing timely and reliable agricultural information, and this limits them from realizing maximum farm output. The use of information and communication technologies (ICT) as a farming extension tool by smallholder farmers has the potential to reverse the scenario and improve farmers’ outputs and incomes leading to increased welfare. This study employed the Propensity score Matching approach to evaluate the impacts of ICT-based extension services, in this case, iCow services on milk production, milk income, and household income using cross-sectional data from a survey of dairy farmers in Uasin Gishu, Nyandarua and Bomet counties of Kenya. The use of ICT-based iCow services is shown to increase Annual milk production per cow, milk income, and household income by 13%, 29%, and 22%, respectively. Partnerships between network providers and research institutes should be encouraged as part of bridging the extension gap occasioned by reduced public expenditure on extension services.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/107802
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/129024
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCanadian Center of Science and Education
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMarwa, M.E., Mbur, J., Rao, E.J.O., Mwai, O. and Kahumbu, S. 2020. Impact of ICT based extension services on dairy production and household welfare: The case of iCow service in Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Science 12(3):141-152.
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectdairies
dc.subjectanimal production
dc.subjectinformation technology
dc.subjectinnovation systems
dc.titleImpact of ICT based extension services on dairy production and household welfare: The case of iCow service in Kenya
dc.typeJournal Article

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