Factors affecting adoption of artificial insemination technology by dairy farmers in Kinondoni district

A study was carried out in Kinondoni district in Dar es Salaam region with the aim of establishing factors affecting adoption of AI technology by dairy farmers. Data were collected using formal and informal interviews where structured questionnaires were administered to 90 randomly selected dairy farmers from three wards. The data were analysed quantitatively using descriptive analysis and Tobit regression. Results from descriptive analysis indicated that dairy farmers who used AI technology were significantly older (P <0.05) by 4.8 years and women had higher adoption proportion (51.5%) than men (31.5%) and 65.7% of adopters had high knowledge level about AI versus 10.9% of non adopters. Cattle belonging to adopters had significantly higher (P