3.1 Socio-demographic characteristics of beef farmers
Of the 660 beef cattle farmers selected for the study, 92.1% (n=608) participated. Majority of them (27.0%, n=164) were in age group 50–59 years (Figure 1). Most of the participants (72.4%, n=440) were males, and 71.7% (n=436) were married. Stratified by occupation, 37.5% (n=228) were intensive beef cattle farmers, while the majority (62.5%, n=380) were semi-intensive farmers. The majority (36.7%, n=223) of participants did not possess formal education and only few (17.4%, n=106) had tertiary education.