Level of technology acceptance on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) among ruminant farmers in Kelantan, Malaysia

Abstract

This study was conducted as a response to the slow pace movement of the uptake and utilization ofassisted reproductive technologies towards ruminant animals. This study has been conductedamong ruminant farmers in Kelantan, specifically in Bachok and Jeli district. Simple randomsampling technique was employed and a total of 87 ruminant farmers were involved. From theanalyzed data, the acceptance of assisted reproductive technologies is depicted at a moderate level.Hence, based on the result obtained, educational institutions together with government agencies isrecommended to play their roles together as a body to educate local ruminant farmers to ensure theincrement of beef and milk productions as well as reaching the self-sufficiency level.