1. Introduction (MALDM, 1993). These farmers possess on average
less than 2 hectares of land and have 2 to 3 lactating
Smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya own approxi- cows (Nyangito, 1992). The farmers practice zero or
mately 80% of the estimated 3.5 million dairy cattle semi-zero grazing due to a shortage of land with
napier grass being the main fodder source (Wouters,
*Corresponding author. 1987; Boonman, 1993). Smallholder dairy product-