Arhyel Gana Balami1, Fatima Maidala Mutai1 and Sule Adamu Garba2*
1Department of Veterinary Medicine, P.M.B.1069, University of Maiduguri
2Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Maiduguri
*Corresponding author’s Email: suleadamu@yahoo.com, doi.org/10.55639/607.020100152
ABSTRACT
A cross-sectional survey was conducted on sixty internally displaced women randomly selected from a list of beneficiaries of Food and Agricultural organization chicken restocking programme. A structured questionnaire was administered on women from Dalori Internally displaced persons camp and thirty from Alakaramti community to evaluate their ability to rear brooded noiler chickens. Most of the respondents (62%) were less than 35 years. The majority of them (81.7%) did not receive any formal education. All their chickens (100%) were raised under a backyard system of production. The objective of most respondents (78%) was to raise their chickens to obtain capital for further investment. All (100%) the women reared their chickens under a backyard system of production. Their labor for raising chickens was mostly complimented by their children (41%). Most of the respondents did not receive any training in poultry production (98.3%). Respondents were able to rear 89.8% (1077/1200) to the point of sale for total revenue of N8852630. Fifteen percent (163/1077) of the chickens were sold at an average price of N10080 which was above the average market value price of N10000 for a fully grown adult Noiler chicken. Only, four farmers (6.7%) were able to keep 21 of their chickens for egg production which they at N150 per egg. Theft, Gifts and chicken mortality accounted for the remaining 8.5% (102/1200). The study was able to demonstrate the capability of IDPs to rear and sell noiler chickens.
KEYWORDS
IDPs,
Noiler
chickens,
Backyard
poultry
production,
Women’s
economic
empowerment.
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