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ABSTRACT
Livestock production has been a major source of livelihood for many people across the globe. Despite all the policies and effort by the veterinary service and other service providers, livestock health services still remain critical and a major problem for livestock farmers. A multistage sampling technique was used to group the communities that receive livestock health services in the district into five groups, out of the five groups, one community was selected from each group randomly, twenty farmers were selected from each community summing up to hundred farmers. Kendall’s Concordance, chi-Square, conjoint analysis, multiple linear regression and SERVQUAL methodology were employed in analyzing the data and results presented using frequency and percentage tables and a graph. The study revealed that the education level of the respondent and the gender of the respondent have strong influence on preference of farmers for livestock health service. Cost of service was observed to have inverse relationship with preference, meaning the higher the cost of service, the lower the utility of service. Factors such as age of the respondent and income level of the farmer was observed insignificant meaning they don’t have much influence on preference of farmers for livestock health service. The results revealed that, promptness is the major factor that influence farmers preference for livestock health service. The research revealed that farmers are not satisfied with the livestock health service they receive and therefore the veterinary service and other service providers should improve on their services. This research therefore, presents the results of a survey assessing farmers preference for livestock health service in Tolon District.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Abstract
Certification
Acknowledgment
Dedication
Table of content
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Problem Statement
1.3 Research Questions
1.4 Research Objectives
1.5 Justification of the Study
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Conceptual Framework for Farmer Preference of Livestock Health Service
2.2.1 Institutional Factors
11 2.2.2 Socioeconomic Factors
2.2.3 Quality of Service
2.3 Farmers Preference of Livestock Health Service
2.4 Assessing Factors Influencing Farmers Preference of Livestock Health Service
2.5 Overview of Issues in the Provision of Livestock Health Service in Ghana
2.6 Challenges Facing the livestock health Service in Ghana
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Method
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Study Area
3.3 Sampling Procedure and Data Collection Method 3.4 Sample Size 3.5 Data Collection Method
3.6 Data Analysis and Techniques
3.6.1 Analyzing the Socioeconomic Characteristics of Livestock
3.6.2 Assessing Farmer Challenges in Livestock Health Service Provision
22 3.6.3 Assessment of Livestock Health Service Quality
3.6.4 Assessing Socio-Economic Characteristics of Farmers and Preference
3.6.5 Assessing Factors Influencing Preference of Livestock Health Services
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Results and discussions.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Socio-Economic Characteristics Livestock Farmers
4.2.1 Sex Age
27 4.2.3 Education Level of Respondents 28 4.2.4 Income Level of Respondents
4.2.5 Livestock Health Service Providers Patronized by Respondents .
4.3 Farmers Preference for improvement of Livestock Health Services
4.4 Challenges Farmers Face in Accessing Livestock Health Services
4.5 SERQUAL Dimension and Impacts on Service Quality of Livestock Health Service
4.5.1 Quality of Veterinary Service Using SERVQUAL Gap Scores
4.5.2 Self-Medication and Its Effectiveness Using SERVQUAL Gap Score
4.5.3 Traditional Healing and Its Effectiveness Using SERVQUAL Gap Scores
4.5.4 Community Animal Health Workers and Their Effectiveness Using SERVQUAL Gap Scores
4.6 Socio-Economic Factors and Preference of Livestock Health Services
4.6.1 Gender and Preference of Livestock Health Service
4.6.2 Age and Preference of Livestock Health Service
45 4.6.3 Education and Preference of Livestock Health Service
4.6.4 Relationship Between Income and Preference
4.7 Farmers Preference of different attribute levels of Livestock Health Services.
4.7.1 Farmers Preference for Livestock Health Service
4.7.1 Importance values of Preference Factors
4.7.3 Total Utility of Orthogonal Design
Conclusion and Recommendation
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Introduction
5.1 Conclusions
5.2 Recommendations
References
Appendices