Poultry feed crisis in Nigeria: Implication for poultry production in Kwara State, Nigeria
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2023-02-18
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Journal of Agriculture and Environment. A peer reviewed publication of the Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo, Sokoto, Nigeria
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This study examined the influence of high cost of poultry feed on poultry
production. Specifically, it investigated the causes of high cost of poultry feed,
determined how cost of poultry feed has affected poultry production and
identified coping strategies to high cost of feed. The study employed the use
of interview schedule to proportionately sample 171 (68%) out of 251
registered poultry farmers using Taro Yamane formula. Data were analyzed
using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that
respondents’ poultry farming experience has a mean of 13.5 years, 43.3%
raised broilers and layers while 72% obtain a bag of poultry feed at an average
price of ₦6,780 ($9.78). It was further established that respondents perceived
climate change due to erratic rainfall (30.4%) and hoarding of poultry feeds by
sellers (18.7%) as causes of high cost of poultry feed, majority (94.7%) were
affected with low profit (4.61±.723). Furthermore, respondents use alternative
feed sources (4.60±.786) as coping strategy while years of experience and cost
of feed were found to influence poultry production. The Binary Logistics
Regression result shows that there is a significant relationship between the
years of poultry farming experience of poultry farmers, coping strategies to
high cost of feed and the perceived effects of high cost on poultry production
while the result of the Chi-square test also showed a significant relationship
between the perceived effects of high cost of poultry feed and the coping
strategies adopted by poultry farmers.
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5. Abdulrahman, O.L., Olatunde, P.F., Bello, O.G., Ayanda, I.F and Oyegbami, G (2022): Poultry feed crisis in Nigeria: Implication for poultry production in Kwara State, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Environment, Vol. 18 No. 2. A peer reviewed publication of the Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo, Sokoto, Nigeria. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jagrenv/article/view/241818