Variables | Categories | Number | Biosecurity compliance | Fisher’s exact value | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Good (%) | Poor (%) | |||||
Gender | Male | 14 | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) | 0.09 | 1.000 |
Female | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | |||
Age (years) | 31–45 | 8 | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | 2.15 | 0.197 |
> 45 | 12 | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | |||
Marital status | Married | 17 | 9 (52.9) | 8 (47.1) | 2.89 | 0.218 |
Not married | 3 | 0 (0.0) | 3 (100.0) | |||
Level of education | Secondary | 5 | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0.61 | 0.617 |
Higher education | 15 | 6 (40.0) | 9 (60.0) | |||
Occupation | Civil servant | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0.90 | 0.835 |
Trader | 6 | 2 (33.3) | 4 (66.7) | |||
Others | 11 | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | |||
Experience (years) | 1–10 | 12 | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | 0.13 | 0.714 |
More than 10 | 8 | 4 (50.0) | 4 (50.0) | |||
Previous training on dairy farm management | No | 17 | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | 0.19 | 0.660 |
Yes | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | |||
Member of a dairy farm cooperative(s) | No | 19 | 9 (47.4) | 10 (52.6) | 0.86 | 0.353 |
Yes | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | |||
Knowledge of biosecurity | No | 13 | 5 (38.5) | 8 (61.5) | 0.64 | 0.423 |
Yes | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | |||
Farm location | Harar | 10 | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | 9.90 | 0.005* |
Dire-Dawa | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | |||
Year of establishment | 2007–2016 | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | 0.09 | 0.769 |
> 2016 | 14 | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) | |||
Farm size (m2) | < 2000 | 8 | 3 (37.5) | 5 (62.5) | 0.30 | 0.582 |
≥ 2000 | 12 | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | |||
Number of animals (herd size) | < 100 | 13 | 4 (30.8) | 9 (69.2) | 3.04 | 0.081 |
100–150 | 7 | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | |||
Breed of cattle | Holstein Frisian | 13 | 7 (53.9) | 6 (46.1) | 1.17 | 0.279 |