Using  choice  experiments:  Facilita4ng  priority  se6ng  in  provision  of  animal  health  services  Immaculate  Omondi1,  3,  Kers5n  Zander2  ,  Siegfried  Bauer  3  and  Isabelle  Baltenweck1    

1Justus  –Liebig  University,  Giessen,  Germany  2Charles  Darwin  University,  Australia  3Interna?onal  Livestock  Research  Ins?tute  (ILRI)  

The  livestock  sector  is  one  of  the  drivers  of  improved  food  security  and  livelihoods  in  developing  countries.  Livestock  development  in  Africa  is,  however,  constrained  by  animal  diseases,  with  major  economic,  nutri?onal,  and  health  consequences.  Animal  health  services,  especially  for  the  poorest  farmers,  is  generally  inaccessible,  and  of  poor  quality;  characterized  by  poor  uptake  of  exis?ng  control  technologies  i.e.  farmer  access.  This  requires  a  bePer  understanding  of  farmer  decision-­‐making  when  faced  with  animal  health  choices.  

Dairy   farmers   aPach   different   values   to   different   animal   health   service   characteris?cs.   By   quan?fying   the   welfare   impacts   of   the  preferred  animal  health  service  characteris?cs,  the  findings  of  the  study  can:  •  Inform  the  design  and  delivery  of  high  quality  and  cost-­‐effec?ve  animal  health  services  •  Guide  the  design  and  delivery  of  animal  health  services  on  the  characteris?cs  to  priori?ze,  in  cases  of  resource  constraints  

Immaculate  Omondi  i.omondi@cgiar.org    ●  P.O.  Box  30709-­‐00100  Nairobi,  Kenya    ●    +254  20  422  3000    ●      www.ilri.org    

Acknowledgements:  Interna?onal  Livestock  Research  Ins?tute  (ILRI)  and  the  German  Academic  Exchange  Services  (DAAD)    Funding:  Interna?onal  Livestock  Research  Ins?tute  (ILRI)  and  the  German  Academic  Exchange  Services  (DAAD)    

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Dairy  farmers  prefer  to  have  animal  services  offered  rather  than  having  no  service.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method:   Discrete   choice   experiment,   a  mul?-­‐aPribute   preference   elici?ng  method  based  on  random  u?lity  theory  and  the  characteris?cs  theory  of  value.  

Data:    Collected  from  300  dairy  farm  households  in  Nandi  District,  Kenya  (milk-­‐shed)  in  three  East  African  Dairy  Development  Project  (EADD)  sites.    Analysed  the  data  using:    1)  Basic  Random  Parameter  Logit  (RPL)  model    

2)  RPL  with  interac?on  effects  -­‐  to  account  for  sources  of  preference  heterogeneity  

Introduc?on  

Materials  and  methods  

Results  

Research  into  use  

Figure  1:  Map  of  Kenya  showing  study  sites  

In  order  of  priority,  the  farmers  prefer  animal  health  services  that:  

1.  Are  offered  alongside  training  on  animal  husbandry    

2.  Are  accompanied  by  follow-­‐ups  on  animal  health  afer  treatment  

3.  Are  accompanied  by  follow-­‐ups  vaccina?on  and  deworming  of  animals  

4.  Are  offered  by  dairy  hubs    

5.  Have  a  flexible  payment  system  (cash  and  check-­‐off)  

•  Group  membership  in  a  producer  organiza?on  

•  Volume  of  marketed  output  (milk)  

EADD  project  aims  at   improving  dairy  produc?on  and   increasing   farmers   incomes   in  East  Africa   through   integrated   interven?ons  along   the  dairy  value  chain  that  are  centered  around  ‘dairy  hubs’.    

Influenced  by:  

Photos:  ILRI   Photo:  EADD  PROJECT  

Farmer-­‐owned  collec?ve  marke?ng  system  that  enhance  farmer  access  to  milk  markets  and  dairy-­‐related  services  (including  animal  health  services)  .  

September  2014