Fodder scarcity and low quality affect the productivity of dairy cattle in Kenya yet only few
smallholder dairy farmers show positive deviance in fodder conservation. Information on the
strategies of such positive deviant (PD) farmers is scanty. The objective of this study was to
determine strategies that distinguish PDs from peers (non-PDs) in fodder conservation
among smallholder dairy farmers in highlands and midlands of Kenya. A cross-sectional
survey was conducted among farms producing and conserving fodder in Tharaka Nithi …

Fodder scarcity and low quality affect the productivity of dairy cattle in Kenya. Information on
the unique strategies used by successful farmers also called positive deviants (PDs) among
smallholder dairy farms is scanty. The objective of this study, therefore, was to determine the
strategies distinguishing PDs from their peers (non-PDs), in fodder conservation at
highlands and midlands agroecological zones of Tharaka Nithi County. Multistage sampling
was used to select 121 smallholder dairy farms producing and conserving fodder. An …