Table 6 Results of OLS Models for the drivers of Food Safety Index, adoption of animal health, milk hygiene, milk storage, and environmental hygiene measures
Animal health | Milking hygiene | Hygienic milk storage | Hygienic environment measures | Food Safety Index | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
b/se | b/se | b/se | b/se | b/se | |
Herd size | 0.000 (-0.005) | 0.012 (-0.007) | -0.006 (-0.008) | -0.001 (-0.006) | 0.003 (-0.004) |
Number of lactating cows | 0.015 (-0.009) | -0.015 (-0.012) | 0.033 (-0.014) * | 0.017 (-0.011) | 0.008 (-0.007) |
Proportion of milk sold | -0.015 (-0.038) | -0.031 (-0.052) | 0.009 (-0.06) | 0.01 (-0.044) | -0.019 (-0.03) |
Other livestock present | 0.007 (-0.045) | 0.129 (-0.062) * | 0.177 (-0.073) * | 0.021 (-0.053) | 0.082 (-0.036) * |
Farm has had a case of cattle disease (last two years) | -0.075 (-0.047) | -0.06 (-0.064) | -0.165 (-0.075) * | -0.111 (-0.054) * | -0.085 (-0.037) * |
Farmer knows historical cattle disease outbreaks | -0.026 (-0.049) | -0.069 (-0.068) | -0.186 (-0.079) * | -0.188 (-0.057) ** | -0.095 (-0.039) * |
Farmer trusts government agencies information | 0.155 (-0.088) | 0.184 (-0.121) | 0.386 (-0.14) ** | 0.251 (-0.102) * | 0.196 (-0.07) ** |
Farmer trusts government interventions | -0.003 (-0.076) | -0.227 (-0.105) * | -0.451 (-0.122) *** | -0.387 (-0.089) *** | -0.237 (-0.061) *** |
Farmer contacted by veterinarian regarding Vaccination programs | 0.231 (-0.05) *** | 0.284 (-0.069) *** | 0.422 (-0.081) *** | 0.105 (-0.058) | 0.242 (-0.04) *** |
Farmer keeps cross-breeds | -0.112 (-0.05) * | -0.156 (-0.069) * | -0.114 (-0.081) | -0.234 (-0.059) *** | -0.146 (-0.04) *** |
Farmer sells milk to formal value chain | 0.053 (-0.051) | -0.115 (-0.071) | -0.149 (-0.082) | 0.04 (-0.06) | -0.03 (-0.041) |
Farmer practices semi-zero grazing | -0.017 (-0.050) | 0.159 (-0.069) * | 0.169 (-0.082) * | 0.077 (-0.058) | 0.093 (-0.04) * |
Farmer has primary education | -0.067 (-0.045) | -0.184 (-0.062) ** | 0.027 (-0.073) | -0.089 (-0.053) | -0.077 (-0.036) * |
Farmer uses public veterinarian | -0.015 (-0.046) | -0.045 (-0.064) | -0.132 (-0.074) | -0.011 (-0.054) | -0.033 (-0.037) |
Constant | 3.828 (-0.134) *** | 3.932 (-0.184) *** | 3.631 (-0.215) *** | 4.225 (-0.156) *** | 3.966 (-0.107) *** |