Adoption, Intensity and Income Impact of Milk Cooling Plants

Agricultural growth is considered a very close link to rural development and hence poverty alleviation. There's therefore an urgent need for sustainable increase in agricultural productivity through adoption of new and efficient technologies to improve food security, alleviate poverty and stimulate economic growth. Efforts have been made by the Kenyan government and other developing countries such as Rwanda together with Non-governmental organizations such as Heifer international to introduce and disseminate new farming technologies by alleviating economic constraints of technology adoption with the aim of increasing agricultural productivity and increasing farmers' incomes. The study empirically determined the impact of adoption and intensity of using milk cooling plants on farm household incomes. This book will inform the donors, governments, agriculturalists, students, policymakers and the farming communities on the benefits of use of milk cooling plants as a mode of livelihood particularly in the rural areas in developing countries.