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Nadeem Akhtar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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IoT for Development of Smart Dairy Farming
Journal of Food Quality, 2020Co-Authors: Muhammad Osama Akbar, Muhammad Saad Shahbaz Khan, Muhammad Jamshaid Ali, Azfar Hussain, Ghazia Qaiser, Maruf Pasha, Urooj Pasha, Malik Saad Missen, Nadeem AkhtarAbstract:Internet of things (IoT) and data-driven techniques are creating greater opportunities for smart Dairy Farming. The demand for milk is continuously increasing due to increasing population of the world. The consumption of the Dairy products is more in developed countries as compared to developing countries. To meet this increased demand for milk products, better technological techniques for improving milk yield are required. It is expected that the use of IoT and different AI techniques can assist a farmer to overcome different traditional Farming challenges and increase the milk production. In this research, the authors address different challenges that a Dairy farmer has to face in daily life. Brief introduction of smart Dairy Farming (SDF) is presented with respect to the innovation in production and the processes of smart Dairy Farming. This review focuses on different aspects of smart Dairy Farming, and finally a state-of-the-art framework that can assist the farmers to increase the milk yield by using different latest technologies has been proposed. These technological methods can decrease the factors negatively affecting milk production and increase those positively affecting production with minimal resources.
Charles Ochola Omondi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Gender Participation and Commercialization of Smallholder Dairy Farming in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
2016Co-Authors: Moses Ageya Kembe, Charles Ochola OmondiAbstract:The women Dairy farmers play crucial in Dairy Farming though they usually have limited access to land, financial resources and other resources for production. In developing countries, over 75% of the poor are rural smallholder producers who derive their livelihoods primarily from agriculture. Kenyan smallholder Dairy producers constitute 80% of the Dairy producers out of which 61% are women. Smallholder Dairy producers produce about 80% of total milk production and 70% of the total milk marketed. Therefore, smallholder Dairy producers have their livelihoods majorly dependent on Dairy Farming. Thus, commercializing smallholder Dairy Farming will be an important pathway out of rural poverty and will be a powerful tool for the improvement and sustainability of livelihoods of smallholder Dairy producers. In Uasin Gishu County, the proportion of smallholder Dairy producers in the commercialization scale is 70% subsistence, 20% semi-commercialized and 10% commercialized. This therefore, indicates that commercialization level is still low and variable. This may be contributed by the influences of gender participation in smallholder Dairy Farming. The objective of this paper therefore was to establish the influence of Gender participation on commercialization of smallholder Dairy Farming. Descriptive research design was used to obtain primary data through a sample size of 384 smallholder Dairy producers who were selected using stratified random sampling technique. Data analysis procedures used includes: mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and multiple regressions. Results obtained indicate that gender participation has significant influence on commercialization of smallholder Dairy Farming. It is therefore recommended that the Government of Uasin Gishu County together with policy makers; planners; smallholder Dairy producers and other relevant stakeholders in the Dairy value chain in the County should formulate policies, strategies and design programs and projects that will address the influence of gender participation in order to achieve sustainable rural development in the County and Kenya.
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The Infrastructural Development and Commercialization of Smallholder Dairy Farming in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
2016Co-Authors: Moses Ageya Kembe, Charles Ochola OmondiAbstract:Inadequate transportation infrastructure raises search and monitoring costs. The degree of the farmers particularly the smallholder farmers participation in the markets is usually affected by the state of infrastructure. The smallholder Dairy producers in Uasin Gishu County, in the commercialization process are as follows: 70% subsistence, 20% semi-commercialized and 10% commercialized. This indicates that smallholder Dairy producers are mainly subsistence-oriented with commercial orientation being uncommon. Therefore, commercialization of smallholder Dairy Farming is still low despite the concern given by the Government and other development partners in transforming the prevalent subsistence smallholder Dairy Farming to competitive, commercial and sustainable Dairy industry that will lead to economic growth, poverty alleviation, wealth and employment creation. This may be influenced by infrastructural development in the study area. The objective of this paper therefore was to assess the influence of infrastructural development on commercialization of smallholder Dairy Farming. The paper utilized descriptive research design in which a sample size of 384 respondents was selected using stratified random sampling technique. Primary data was collected using structured questionnaires, focused group discussions, and key informants. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient; Spearman's rank correlation coefficient and multiple regressions) with Household Commercialization Index (HCI) being the dependent variable. The results of the study revealed that infrastructural development have significant influence on commercialization of smallholder Dairy Farming. In view of the results, it is recommended that the County Government of Uasin Gishu in consultation with policy makers; planners; smallholder Dairy producers and other players in Dairy Farming should formulate policies, strategies, projects and programs that address the influence of infrastructural development issues for increased level of Dairy commercialization and hence sustainable rural development.
Muhammad Osama Akbar - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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IoT for Development of Smart Dairy Farming
Journal of Food Quality, 2020Co-Authors: Muhammad Osama Akbar, Muhammad Saad Shahbaz Khan, Muhammad Jamshaid Ali, Azfar Hussain, Ghazia Qaiser, Maruf Pasha, Urooj Pasha, Malik Saad Missen, Nadeem AkhtarAbstract:Internet of things (IoT) and data-driven techniques are creating greater opportunities for smart Dairy Farming. The demand for milk is continuously increasing due to increasing population of the world. The consumption of the Dairy products is more in developed countries as compared to developing countries. To meet this increased demand for milk products, better technological techniques for improving milk yield are required. It is expected that the use of IoT and different AI techniques can assist a farmer to overcome different traditional Farming challenges and increase the milk production. In this research, the authors address different challenges that a Dairy farmer has to face in daily life. Brief introduction of smart Dairy Farming (SDF) is presented with respect to the innovation in production and the processes of smart Dairy Farming. This review focuses on different aspects of smart Dairy Farming, and finally a state-of-the-art framework that can assist the farmers to increase the milk yield by using different latest technologies has been proposed. These technological methods can decrease the factors negatively affecting milk production and increase those positively affecting production with minimal resources.
C.k. De Vries - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Efficient resource management in Dairy Farming on sandy soil
Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science, 1999Co-Authors: H.f.m. Aarts, B. Habekotté, G.j. Hilhorst, G.j. Koskamp, F.c. Van Der Schans, C.k. De VriesAbstract:Sandy soils in the Netherlands are mainly used for Dairy Farming. As a result of intensification of Dairy Farming in the recent past, valued functions of sandy regions now are threatened by high emissions of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and by increased water consumption by forage crops. Improved utilization efficiency of resources is proposed as a strategy to realise environmental targets in an economically viable way. Experimental results of the prototype system 'De Marke' indicate that an average intensive commercial farm can halve inputs of fertilizers and feeds at least, without the need to reduce milk yield/ha or to export slurry. Water consumption can be reduced by 13%, increasing groundwater 'production' by 570 msuperscript 3/ha. Nitrate concentration in the upper groundwater decreased from 200 to 50 mg/litre. Changes in soil fertility did not lead to serious agricultural problems but costs of milk production increased by 5%. However, additional costs may be compensated for if the extra groundwater is 'harvested' by water companies, because of high cost of purification of surface water and consumer preference for drinking groundwater instead of river-water. In 1999, the examined strategy of improved resource management was implemented on 12 commercial farms, representing the full range of conditions for Dairy Farming in the Netherlands.
Yukio Ikemoto - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Women’s Empowerment through Small-Scale Dairy Farming in Selected Areas of Bangladesh
Asian Social Science, 2015Co-Authors: Sarah Yasmin, Yukio IkemotoAbstract:In this study, we investigated the role of small-scale Dairy Farming and related factors in promoting empowerment among women in the Salakandi (V1) and Binpara (V2) villages in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. Data were collected from 50 rural women involved in Dairy Farming practices in each village through direct interviews using questionnaires. A combination of criteria was modeled using Multiple Linear Regression, revealing that, for all criteria, women from V1 exhibited greater empowerment than women from V2. Through small-scale Dairy Farming, rural women from V1 were able to increase their confidence and decision-making power with regard to their household and personal care and experienced increased self-esteem, expansion of their social circles, and ultimately enhanced empowerment through the breakdown of traditional socio-cultural norms. Thus, the expansion of small-scale Dairy Farming in other rural areas of Bangladesh is likely to contribute to the empowerment of more rural women.
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Women's Participation in Small-Scale Dairy Farming for Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh
2015Co-Authors: Sarah Yasmin, Yukio IkemotoAbstract:The present study focuses on the participation of rural women in small-scale Dairy Farming activities as a means to reduce poverty in rural areas. This study was carried out in two villages in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. From each village data were collected from 50 rural women involved in Dairy Farming practices through direct interviews using questionnaires. The results showed that in Salakandi village (V1), personal factors most significantly influenced women to start farms, but in Binpara village (V2) social factors were a greater motivation. The results revealed that women in V1 placed a higher importance on Dairy Farming activities and showed greater improvement in their economic well-being compared to women in V2. Thus it is suggested that women’s participation in Dairy Farming can reduce poverty in rural areas of Bangladesh.
