ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SWINE PRODUCTION OVER REARING OF OTHER DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK AMONG PEOPLE OF BENUE STATE NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorEMMANUEL, OCHEPO
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-25T10:27:50Z
dc.date.available2014-02-25T10:27:50Z
dc.date.issued2011-11
dc.descriptionDEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. NOVEMBER, 2011en_US
dc.description.abstractThe researcher has undertaken this study on “Economic Importance of Swine Production over the Rearing of other Domestic Livestocks” to proffer some solution to the problems hindering the rearing of swine in Benue State particularly Zone C Senatorial District (Ado, Agatu, Apa, Obi, Ogbadibo, Ohimini, Oju, Okpokwu and Otukpo). The researcher used descriptive survey design to carry out the study. The population for the study was 10,450 respondents drawn from twenty seven towns of Zone C Senatorial District of Benue State. 600 respondents were proportionally and randomly selected as sample size for the study. General objective was formulated from which five specific objectives were formulated. Among these – is to compare swine prolificacy over the prolificacy of other domestic livestocks. Five research questions were formulated to guide this study, among these is – what importance has the prolificacy of swine over other domestic livestocks like goats, sheep, horse and cattle? Five null hypotheses were formulated for the study among these is – there is no significant relationship between the prolificacy of swine over the prolificacy of other domestic livestock in Benue State. Pilot study was conducted at Samaru using 20 respondents that reared domestic livestocks. This area was not part of the study location. Questionnaires were used as a medium for data collection. One sample T-test was used to test five null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance and all the null hypotheses were rejected meaning that there were significant differences between pig production over the production of other domestic livestocks. The analysis yielded the following results: swine production was accepted to be more prolific than other domestic livestocks like goats, sheep, horse and cattle. It was also agreed that swine were more adapted to wide varieties of feeds which made them to grow more quickly than other domestic livestocks. It was concluded that swine production was more economically important than the rearing of other domestic livestocks. It was recommended that National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) in Benue State should enlighten the respondents on the economic importance of swine production over the rearing of other domestic livstocks. Piglets should be made available to farmers who wish to embark on swine production at affordable price by Lower Benue River Basin Development Authority (LBRDA).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2547
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectECONOMIC IMPORTANCE,en_US
dc.subjectSWINE PRODUCTION OVER,en_US
dc.subjectREARING,en_US
dc.subjectOTHER DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK,en_US
dc.subjectPEOPLE,en_US
dc.subjectBENUE STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIA..en_US
dc.titleECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF SWINE PRODUCTION OVER REARING OF OTHER DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK AMONG PEOPLE OF BENUE STATE NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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