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

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

ijeab doi crossref DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/1.4.59

Keyword: Socio Economic Determinants, Broiler Production, Rural Women.

Abstract: 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.

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Ume S I, Ezeano C I, Dauda Elisha, Edeh O. N et al."Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 1, no. 4, 2016, pp.1046-1053 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.59

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Ume S I, Ezeano C I, Dauda Elisha, Edeh O. N, P.(2016).Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), 1046-1053.10.22161/ijeab/1.4.59

Chicago

Ume S I, Ezeano C I, Dauda Elisha, Edeh O. N, P.(2016).Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4), pp.1046-1053.

Harvard

Ume S I, Ezeano C I, Dauda Elisha, Edeh O. N. 2016."Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(4):1046-1053.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/1.4.59

IEEE

Ume S I, Ezeano C I, Dauda Elisha, Edeh O. N."Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.1,no. 4, pp.1046-1053,2016.

Bibtex

@article { umesi2016analysis,
title={Analysis of Socio Economic Determinants to Broiler Production by Rural Women in Imo State of Nigeria},
author={Ume S I, Ezeano C I, Dauda Elisha, Edeh O. N , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={1},
year= {2016} ,
}