SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF POULTRY PRODUCTION IN TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF POULTRY PRODUCTION IN TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE.
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1999-07
Authors
ADEPOJU, SHOLA OLATUNDE
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Abstract
The study was undertaken with the main objective of evaluating the analysis of socioeconomic
characteristics of poultry(layer) production in two local government areas of
Kaduna state.
The study examined the socio-economic characteristics of poultry (layer) farmers as it
relates to egg production. Structured questionaire were administered to the farmers to
gather information on socio-economic activities, marketing and labour. The regression
analysis were based on variables such as years of experience, level of education, level of
income, cooperative participation, age of farmers and sex of farmers, inputs level of
production and productivity, using analytical techniques such as descriptive statistics, farm
budgeting analysis (gross margin analysis) and production function analysis.
The analyses were hypothesized that:
1. There is no relationship between the production (output) and socio-economic
characteristics of the poultry keepers.
2. Poultry (layer) business is not profitable
The result showed that socio-economic characteristics were related to productions, though
level of education, cooperative participation and age of farmers were not significant, but
year of experience, level of income and sex of the farmers were significant at 5, 1 and
10%, respectively.
While in the production analysis there was no significant in feed used, but labour and flock
population were at 5 and 1%, respectively.
The result also showed that the poultry (layer) business is a very profitable business when
properly managed and well supervised.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
(AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS) DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL
ECONOMICS AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
JULY, 1999
Keywords
SOCIO-ECONOMIC,, ANALYSIS,, POULTRY PRODUCTION,, TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS,, KADUNA STATE