The aim of the study was to assess small-scale farmers’ attitude and willingness to consume goat milk and its products. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 151 household farmers by using a 15% random sampling technique. Data were analysed using descriptive frequencies and chi-square tests to check for any association between the variables and farmers’ willingness to consume goat milk and its products. The results showed that a large share (41.78%) of the respondents do not consume goat milk. Taste (20.83%), cultural bias (8.33%), strong smell and natural dislike (64.58%) were some reasons why farmers do not consume goat milk. Some proportions (38.10%) of farmers were not aware of any nutritional benefits of goat milk. However, when these benefits were explained to them, a high percentage (93.10%) of these farmers indicated their willingness to consume goat milk and/or its products based on its nutritional benefits. Age, gender and educational status had a significant influence (P ≤ 0.05) on farmers’ willingness to consume goat milk and its products. The nutritional importance of goat milk and its products should be strongly promoted to improve the human diet in the study area.

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农民对食用山羊奶和山羊奶产品的看法和意愿：以南非东开普省为例

该研究的目的是评估小规模农民对山羊奶及其产品消费的态度和意愿。通过使用15％随机抽样技术，使用结构化调查表收集了151个家庭户的数据。使用描述频率和卡方检验对数据进行分析，以检查变量与农民食用山羊奶及其产品的意愿之间是否存在关联。结果显示，很大一部分（41.78％）的受访者不食用山羊奶。口味（20.83％），文化偏见（8.33％），强烈的气味和天生的厌恶（64.58％）是​​农民不食用山羊奶的一些原因。一些比例（38.10％）的农民不知道山羊奶的任何营养益处。但是，当向他们解释这些好处时，百分比很高（93。这些农民中有10％表示愿意根据其营养益处食用山羊奶和/或其产品。年龄，性别和受教育程度对农民购买山羊奶及其产品的意愿有显着影响（P≤0.05）。应大力促进山羊奶及其制品的营养重要性，以改善研究区域的人类饮食。