The socioeconomic dimensions of farming systems and rural farmer households in the context of food security: New generation vaccine programme 2016 (KAPP Vaccines) - Five provinces in South Africa

Description:
This dataset contains the responses of smallholder farmers who kept cattle, or any combination of cattle with small stock (sheep and goats) across five provinces in South Africa.

The questionnaire includes questions on household demographics, source of income, livestock keeping activities and facilities and disease control measures. The aim of this study was to identify livestock farmers' knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceptions (KAPP) on primary animal healthcare with a special focus on vaccinations.

The data contains 191 variables and 591 cases.
Abstract:
The study addresses a human and social development component within the Agricultural Research Council-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) New Generation Vaccine programme study: Livestock Vaccines Against Viral Diseases for Developing Farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute (OVI) is in the process of developing a 2-in-1 vaccine for the prevention of Lumpy Skin Disease and Rift Valley Fever. The aim of this study was to identify livestock farmers' knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceptions (KAPP) on primary animal healthcare with a special focus on vaccinations. The KAPP study is part of a series of socioeconomic studies aimed at collecting data and information outlining the environments into which the 2-in-1 vaccine will enter. Data was collected by using a stratified sampling procedure and 600 livestock farmers were sampled across five provinces in South Africa.