Determinants of motives for keeping small ruminants: Evidence from the Northern Ghana

IF 1.6 3区农林科学 Q2 AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE

Small Ruminant Research Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2025.107476

Emmanuel Zumanye , Nicholas Opong Mensah , Thomas Bilaliib Udimal , Tekuni Nakuja , Samuel Afotey Anang , Nanii Yenibehit

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Abstract

This study aims to identify the motives for keeping small ruminants and factors that influence farmers’ motives for keeping small ruminants in Northern Ghana. A sample of four hundred small ruminant holders were randomly selected for the study. Multinomial logistic model was used for empirical analysis. The results show that small ruminant farmers mainly keep the small ruminants for food, security/insurance, source of income, and pension. The results further show that credit has a negative effect on pension motive for keeping small ruminants relative to food motive. The value of animals has a positive effect on the pension motive relative to food motive. Age has a negative influence on saving motive relative to food motive. Animal value has a positive effect on saving motive relative to food motive. Also, monthly income, and other type of businesses have positive influence on income motive relative to food motive. Also, years of education and other type of farming activities have positive influence on security/insurance motives relative to food motive.

The study brings to light small ruminant farmers’ motive for keeping animals and factors that influence their motives.

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Small Ruminant Research 农林科学-奶制品与动物科学

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

210

审稿时长

12.5 weeks

期刊介绍： Small Ruminant Research publishes original, basic and applied research articles, technical notes, and review articles on research relating to goats, sheep, deer, the New World camelids llama, alpaca, vicuna and guanaco, and the Old World camels. Topics covered include nutrition, physiology, anatomy, genetics, microbiology, ethology, product technology, socio-economics, management, sustainability and environment, veterinary medicine and husbandry engineering.