Manuscript Number : IJSRST162615
Assessment of the Efficiency of Farm Record Keeping In Kenya: A Case Study of Farmers in Cherangani Division Trans-Nzoia East District, Kenya
Authors(3) :-David Kiprono Lelei Rutto, Martin Koome, Lelei Felista Kibusi The use of farm records in the farm by farmers assists to continuously monitor farming enterprise activities. Proper recordings are very essential for analysis and to carry out improvement of the enterprises and counter check losses and increase profits. The main objective of this study was to assess the efficiency and use of farm records keeping by farmers in Cherangani Division in Trans Nzoia East District Kenya. The Specific objectives of the study were: To determine the farm records keeping practices by the farmers in Cherangani Division, to assess the level of effectiveness of the farm record keeping by the farmers in Cherangani Division, to establish the utility of farm records to improve farming enterprises by the farmers in Cherangani Division. The target population in the division was 15,000 farmers in Cherangani Division. The study used a systematic sampling technique to pick 50 farmers from each of the five locations in Cherangani Division who formed the 250 the required sample size. The study used structured questionnaire to collect data which was analyzed using frequencies in order to achieve the specific objectives of the study. It was established that 32% of the farmers had records but not efficiently used in the farms, while 68% farmers had no records. The study established that farmers in Cherangani Division did not keep effective and efficient farm records which are a pre-requisite to modern commercialized farming.
David Kiprono Lelei Rutto Farm record keeping, Farmers, Farming
Publication Details
Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 6
| November-December 2016 Article Preview
Student, Department of Seed, Crop and horticultural Sciences, University of Eldoret, Box 1125-30100, Eldoret, Kenya
Martin Koome
Senior Lecturer, Department of Agriculture, Kenya Methodist University, Box 267-60200, Meru, Kenya
Lelei Felista Kibusi
Senior Agricultural Officer, Department of Agriculture, Kenya Methodist University, Box 267-60200, Meru, Kenya
Date of Publication : 2016-12-30
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 101-105
Manuscript Number : IJSRST162615
Publisher : Technoscience Academy
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST162615
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