Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Supply of veterinary medicinal products to an emerging farming community in the North West Province of South Africa.
- Journal:
- Journal of the South African Veterinary Association
- Year:
- 2002
- Authors:
- Gehring, R et al.
- Affiliation:
- Department of Paraclinical Sciences
Plain-English summary
A study looked at how small-scale farmers in the Madikwe District of the North West Province in South Africa get veterinary medicines for their animals. Researchers talked to farmers and observed how things worked, finding that while some veterinary products were available at local service points, many farmers still went to larger cooperatives outside the district to buy what they needed. The reasons for this included issues with the quality of service, the cost of products, and the difficulty some farmers had in reaching these local outlets. Overall, the study found that the local supply system was not well supported by the farmers in the area.
Abstract
A study was conducted in the Madikwe District of the North West Province to investigate the supply of veterinary medicinal products to small-scale, subsistence and emerging farmers. A combination of individual interviews, focus groups and direct observation was used to collect data. Stock remedies were made available to farmers within the district at Field Service Units that were managed by administrative staff of the Directorate of Field Services. The state veterinarian and animal health technicians were not directly involved with the sale of products. Most farmers still travelled to farmers' cooperatives in the larger centres outside the district to purchase the veterinary medicinal products they needed. Factors such as the quality of service provided, affordability and availability of required products as well as inaccessibility of outlets to all farmers contributed to the poor support of these outlets by the farmers of the district.
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