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Monitoring of dairy farm management determinants and production performance using structural equation modelling in the Amhara region, Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Models have been presented to evaluate the link between dairy farm production factors and their degree of association with production determinants. Studies have found causal relationships between production parameters (dairy farm facility, farm hygiene and waste management, feed and nutr...

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Autores principales: Birhan, Malede, Mekuriaw, Yeshambel, Tassew, Asaminew, Tegegne, Firew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10357238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37156248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1140
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author Birhan, Malede
Mekuriaw, Yeshambel
Tassew, Asaminew
Tegegne, Firew
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Mekuriaw, Yeshambel
Tassew, Asaminew
Tegegne, Firew
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description BACKGROUND: Models have been presented to evaluate the link between dairy farm production factors and their degree of association with production determinants. Studies have found causal relationships between production parameters (dairy farm facility, farm hygiene and waste management, feed and nutrition, reproduction performance, health and extension services, mode of transportation, education level and gross revenue) as well as farm efficiency parameters. Furthermore, structural equation modelling (SEM) allows for the estimation of parameters that are not directly quantifiable, known as latent variables. OBJECTIVE: The research was designed to identify the dairy management determinants and evaluate farm production performance using an SEM approach in the selected areas of the Amhara region, Ethiopia. METHODOLOGY: In‐person survey using a semi‐structured pre‐tested questionnaire was employed in 2021 to collect primary data on 117 randomly selected commercial dairy producers keeping cross‐breed Holstein Frisian cows in the Amhara region. SEM was used to study the complexity of influences on efficiency measures in milk production utilizing the combined data. RESULTS: The model result revealed that the relationship between construct reliabilities and farm facilities was significantly varied (p < 0.01). The model analysis showed that the level of education has also a positive and statistically significant correlation with the reproduction performance of the dairy farms, (ρ = 0.337) and the gross revenue of the farm showed as (p = 0.849). Farm gross revenue articulated a positive, strong statistically significant association with feed and nutrition values (ρ = 0.906), dairy farm facilities (ρ = 0.934), and hygiene and waste management (ρ = 0.921). Consequently, the predictors of dairy farm facility's feed and nutrition and hygiene and waste management explained 93.40%, 84.0%, 80.20%, and 88.50% of the variance. CONCLUSION: The proposed model was scientifically valid, and training and education have an effect on management practices, subsequently affecting the production performance of the dairy farms.
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spelling pubmed-103572382023-07-21 Monitoring of dairy farm management determinants and production performance using structural equation modelling in the Amhara region, Ethiopia Birhan, Malede Mekuriaw, Yeshambel Tassew, Asaminew Tegegne, Firew Vet Med Sci RUMINANTS BACKGROUND: Models have been presented to evaluate the link between dairy farm production factors and their degree of association with production determinants. Studies have found causal relationships between production parameters (dairy farm facility, farm hygiene and waste management, feed and nutrition, reproduction performance, health and extension services, mode of transportation, education level and gross revenue) as well as farm efficiency parameters. Furthermore, structural equation modelling (SEM) allows for the estimation of parameters that are not directly quantifiable, known as latent variables. OBJECTIVE: The research was designed to identify the dairy management determinants and evaluate farm production performance using an SEM approach in the selected areas of the Amhara region, Ethiopia. METHODOLOGY: In‐person survey using a semi‐structured pre‐tested questionnaire was employed in 2021 to collect primary data on 117 randomly selected commercial dairy producers keeping cross‐breed Holstein Frisian cows in the Amhara region. SEM was used to study the complexity of influences on efficiency measures in milk production utilizing the combined data. RESULTS: The model result revealed that the relationship between construct reliabilities and farm facilities was significantly varied (p < 0.01). The model analysis showed that the level of education has also a positive and statistically significant correlation with the reproduction performance of the dairy farms, (ρ = 0.337) and the gross revenue of the farm showed as (p = 0.849). Farm gross revenue articulated a positive, strong statistically significant association with feed and nutrition values (ρ = 0.906), dairy farm facilities (ρ = 0.934), and hygiene and waste management (ρ = 0.921). Consequently, the predictors of dairy farm facility's feed and nutrition and hygiene and waste management explained 93.40%, 84.0%, 80.20%, and 88.50% of the variance. CONCLUSION: The proposed model was scientifically valid, and training and education have an effect on management practices, subsequently affecting the production performance of the dairy farms. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-05-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10357238/ /pubmed/37156248 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1140 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Veterinary Medicine and Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Monitoring of dairy farm management determinants and production performance using structural equation modelling in the Amhara region, Ethiopia
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title_short Monitoring of dairy farm management determinants and production performance using structural equation modelling in the Amhara region, Ethiopia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10357238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37156248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1140
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