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Poultry Farming: A Veritable Tool For Economic Empowerment
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CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Commercial poultry production is
practiced by most rural households through out developing world, despite
the fact that its contribution to livelihoods appears to be of little
nominal value when observed by researchers and other outsiders. This
project utilizes sustainable livelihood frame work to review how
commercial poultry contributes to households and livelihoods.
It would be recalled that the rate of unemployment in Nigeria is very
high as reflect by the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) with the
statistics that 700,000 jobs were available in the country compared
with 7,000,000 graduates being turned out by Nigeria Universities. This
is as a result of imbalance in labour supply, rapid population growth
rate and faulty educational system among others.
This
project write up will focus attention on commercial poultry farming
production. A prospective commercial poultry farmer should consider the
following factors for the establishment of poultry farming:
These include broiler production, egg production, and marketing.
Broiler:
is a North American term used to describe young male or female chicken
less than 12 weeks old based on fast growing breeds, reared and sold
specifically for poultry meat. For broiler production, the rapidity of
turnover is very high and the current projected profit per broiler is
300.
Egg production: the expansion of the business of egg production
can partly be attributed to quick turn over. The current estimated gross
or net daily profit from the sale of eggs ranges from #2,000 layers is
#5000 depending of course on the use of birds of superior genotype,
provision of favourable environment and managerial skill.
LOCATION OF THE POULTRY FARMING
Legal
clearance must be obtained from appropriate authority before
establishing poultry enterprise to prevent the demolition of structures,
culminating in the termination of the enterprise. The enterprise must
not be a source of nuisance in the nature of fowl odor and noise to
neighbor . Ensure access to water, electricity and proper damage.
Capital
Outlay: This will depend on the size and type of operation and the
management system. For the take off, personal savings of up to #250,000
can be utilized particularly for small scale broiler production.
Alternatively Agricultural Bank Loans on liberal terns can be
considered. Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme (ACGSF) and the
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) poultry farming scheme can as
well provide loans to prospective farmer.
Manpower Required: For a
small scale operation, one poultry attendant should be able to manage a
minimum of 2,000 birds either on the deep litter system or in cage.
Occasional operations such as manual removal of drops and vaccination
require additional labor which could be provided by the members of the
family.
Feed Supply: In Nigeria, feed cost accounts for about 70% of
the cost of poultry production. This is due to the high cost of some
critical feed ingredients (e:g maize and soya beans ) which are needed
in poultry ration. From the standpoint of a profitable enterprise, the
genetic potential of the birds is the beginning of employment. This
research is determined to critically examine poultry farming as a
veritable tool economic empowerment in Nigeria.
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