State three problems that have hindered the dairy activities in the Kenya highland
Answer Text: a) Small scale dairy farms face stiff competition from other cash crops like tea, coffee, vegetables and passion fruits, etc. b) The cost of inputs is very high which has minimized mechanization and resulted into to low profit margins.c) Impassability of roads during the rainy season making milk delivery difficult. d) Excessive droughts which result in inadequate feeds which causes temporary milk shortage. e) Risk of cattle pests and diseases which has restricted dairy farming to Kenyan highlands. f) Poor management of co-operatives at grassrootsresulting to delayed payments which kills farmers’ morale. g) Shortage of proper storage facilities at the collecting centers such as cooling plants causing milk to go bad before it gets to processing factories. h) AI services have been privatized making them very expensive and inaccessible to many small scale farmers resulting in low quality breeds and hence low milk production.i) Lack of training especially to small scale farmers.
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