Ethiopian dairy women study raw data

The study is summarized that the impact of clean milk production training on knowledge, attitudes and practices of women dairy farmers in the central highlands of Ethiopia. The study indicated that women dairy farmers improved their knowledge, attitude, and practices relating to quality milk production. However, milk shade assessments of individual farmers identified many important risk factors for clean milk production that were due to infrastructure issues. The effectiveness of the training materials and approach was supported by the increase in KAP assessment scores from pre-training to post-training for all study sites. Comparisons of the training outcomes and evaluation results of milk shades were found counterintuitive, which revealed the complexity of food safety interventions. Customized food safety training is effective but should be combined with dairy farming infrastructure improvements to achieve the goal of clean milk production at farm level.本研究总结了清洁牛乳生产培训对埃塞俄比亚中部高地女性奶农的知识、态度与行为的影响。研究结果显示，参与培训的女性奶农在优质牛乳生产相关的知识、态度与行为方面均有提升。但对个体奶农的奶棚（milk shade）评估发现，诸多影响清洁牛乳生产的重要风险因素均源于基础设施短板。各研究站点的知识-态度-行为评估得分在培训前后均有所提升，这佐证了本次培训材料与授课方式的有效性。培训效果与奶棚评估结果的对比呈现出反直觉特征，这也揭示了食品安全干预措施的复杂性。定制化的食品安全培训虽能取得良好效果，但需与奶业养殖基础设施升级相结合，方可在农场层面实现清洁牛乳生产的目标。