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.