Case study 6: Field studies to evaluate the benefits on milk production of providing smallholder farmers in Kenya access to credit to allow shifting of concentrate feeding to early lactation

John Rowlands 1, Thomas Achia 2, Dannie Romney 1, Margaret Wambugu3, Robert Kaitho1,4, and David Njubi1
1International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
2Department of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
3Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nairobi, Kenya
4Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Contents

Summary
Background
Research strategy
Objectives
Questions to be addressed
Study design
Source material
Data management
Statistical modelling
Findings, implications and lessons learned
Study questions
Related reading
Acknowledgements