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Research Article

Risk coping strategies of typical and entrepreneurial smallholder dairy farmers in Ethiopia

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Article: 2335375 | Received 04 Jul 2023, Accepted 21 Mar 2024, Published online: 04 Apr 2024

Figures & data

Figure 1. Geographical location of study areas.

Figure 1. Geographical location of study areas.

Table 1. Gender and position of respondents in study areas.

Table 2. Age and educational status of respondents.

Figure 2. Proportion of food and income from on-farm and off-farm activities.

Figure 2. Proportion of food and income from on-farm and off-farm activities.

Table 3. Years of farming experience of dairy farmers in the study areas.

Figure 3. Proportions of milk sold and consumed for typical and entrepreneurial farmers in the study areas.

Figure 3. Proportions of milk sold and consumed for typical and entrepreneurial farmers in the study areas.

Table 4. Average milk production per herd during rainy and dry seasons.

Table 5. Major risks of dairy farming ranked by dairy farmers in study areas.

Table 6. Frequency of reported strategies to cope with diseases, parasites and pests.

Table 7. Frequency of reported strategies to deal with feed shortage.

Table 8. Frequency of reported practices to cope with issues of poor genetics and reproduction.

Table 9. Frequency of reported practices to deal with difficulties in input supply.

Table 10. Frequency of reported practices to deal with market fluctuations.