Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria

Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria



Ume S I, Ezeano C I, Dauda Elisha, Edeh O. N



Women have been the bed rock of agriculture in Sub
Saharan Africa as they feature in all arrays of the sector and prominent
among them is broiler production. This sub sector of animal production
has not only empowered these women in alleviating poverty in their
domains but source of savings. In recognition of the aforesaid,
successive Nigeria government and nongovernmental organization had
introduced various policies and programmes aimed at developing and
dissemination of improved technologies and associated production
packages to these farmers in order to encourage them. This study was
designed at identifying the farmers’ socioeconomic factors that will
enhance the adoption of improved production technologies as these would
aid the concerned bodies for appropriate policies formulation for the
success of the programmes. This research is indispensable especially now
that animal protein origin is deficient in the menu of many poor
households in the country and there is great need to remedy the
situation as effects of malnutrition are devastating.. 120 farmers were
selected using multi stage random sampling technique. Structured
questionnaire was used to illicit information from the farmers. Peason
product moment correlation technique and percentage response were used
to address the effect of farmers’ socioeconomic characteristics on
their output and their production constraints respectively. The study
found that age, level of education, household size and access to credit
were the major determinants of the size of broiler production in the
study area. The cost and return analysis showed that broiler is a
profitable venture, on comparing the total cost (712,125) to total
revenue (925,000) with the benefit cost ratio of 1:1.2. The major
constraints to broiler production were; poor access to credit, high
labour cost, poor breed of chicks and high cost of drugs. Policies
options aimed at increasing farmers’ access to credit, better quality of
broiler chicks and standard drugs should be put in place. 



10.22161/ijeab/1.4.59



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