ADOPTION OF VETERINARY SURGEON SERVICES BY SHEEP AND GOAT FARMERS IN QWAQWA

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dc.creatorNell, Wilhelm T.
dc.creatorvan Schalkwyk, Herman D.
dc.creatorSanders, John H.
dc.creatorSchwalbach, L.
dc.creatorBeste, C.J.
dc.date2017-04-01T14:26:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T04:57:14Z
dc.descriptionA number of technology transfer (diffusion) programmes involving amongst others veterinary surgeon services subsidised by the government, were launched in the former homelands of South Africa between 1980 and 1993. Many of these programmes were discontinued after the general election of 1994. In order to evaluate the adoption of technology in Qwaqwa, a former Sotho speaking homeland, two Logit models were fit using the conventional definition of an adopter and an adapted definition, which included potential adopters with the adopters. Where the conventional definition of adoption was estimated, livestock income per LSU, ram technology, roads and suppliers of livestock inputs are significant variables contributing to adoption. The results of the adapted model reveal that farming efficiency (weaning percentage), type of farmer (sheep as percentage of the total small ruminant herd) and ram technology, prove to be significant variables predicting adoption. It was also found that the characteristics of potential adopters gravitate more to adopters than to non-adopters. These results indicated that the adapted definition presented a more accurate prediction than the conventional definition. The results of this study indicate the policy necessary to further accelerate the diffusion of veterinary surgeon services by means of the development of a better infrastructure, the reintroduction of subsidised veterinary surgeon services at the sheering sheds as well as a better flow of information to farmers in Qwaqwa.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.54887
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/54887/files/15%20Nell_%20van%20Schalkwyk_%20Sanders_%20Schwalbach%20_%20Bester%20-%20December%201998.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/54887
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/557082
dc.languageeng
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dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/54887
dc.titleADOPTION OF VETERINARY SURGEON SERVICES BY SHEEP AND GOAT FARMERS IN QWAQWA
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