COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BATTERY CAGE AND DEEP LITTER POULTRY HOUSINGSYSTEMS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA

Year 2018, , 107 - 120, 01.07.2018

CHIGOZIRIM Onwusırıe , Chibuzo Okpokiri Nnanna Agwu

https://doi.org/10.29023/alanyaakademik.350986

Abstract

The study was
centered on the comparative analysis of battery cage and deep litter poultry
housing systems in Abia state, Nigeria. The study specifically examined the
factors influencing the choice of poultry housing system in the study area;
estimated the profitability of battery cage and deep litter system in the area;
analyzed the determinants of profit in battery cage and deep litter systems respectively;
and examined the constraints faced by poultry farmers in the area. Primary data
source was used for the study. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in the
selection of 140 respondents. Descriptive statistics like frequency, tables,
charts, etc; profitability index (cost and returns analysis) and multiple
regression were the tools of analysis. From the cost and return analysis, it
was observed that both housing systems are profitable. The t test result showed
that housing system adopted for poultry farms have an effect on the profit.
However, it was observed that farmers using deep litter system make more profit
when compared to battery cage housing system. It was observed that battery cage
system is more capital intensive when compared to deep litter system and this predisposes
most famers to favour deep litter housing system to battery cage system. Sex,
marital status, education, mortality rate, cost of production, farm size,
experience and access to credit were significant variables having varying
effects on the profit of battery cage users while sex, household size,
education, mortality, cost of production, farm size, experience were the
significant variables influencing the returns of deep litter users in the study
area.  High cost of feeds, inadequate
amenities, high interest rates, quality of stock etc. where the major
constraints of poultry production in the area. The study recommends that governments
should subsidize the cost of feeds to make it affordable for farmers in the
study area

Keywords

deeplitter, battery cage, poultry, profitability

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BATTERY CAGE AND DEEP LITTER POULTRY HOUSINGSYSTEMS IN ABIA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study
was centered on the comparative analysis of battery cage and deep litter
poultry housing systems in Abia state, Nigeria. The study specifically examined
the factors influencing the choice of poultry housing system in the study area;
estimated the profitability of battery cage and deep litter system in the area;
analyzed the determinants of profit in battery cage and deep litter systems respectively;
and examined the constraints faced by poultry farmers in the area. Primary data
source was used for the study. Multi-stage sampling technique was used in the
selection of 140 respondents. Descriptive statistics like frequency, tables,
charts, etc; profitability index (cost and returns analysis) and multiple
regression were the tools of analysis. From the cost and return analysis, it
was observed that both housing systems are profitable. The t test result showed
that housing system adopted for poultry farms have an effect on the profit.
However, it was observed that farmers using deep litter system make more profit
when compared to battery cage housing system. It was observed that battery cage
system is more capital intensive when compared to deep litter system and this predisposes
most famers to favour deep litter housing system to battery cage system. Sex,
marital status, education, mortality rate, cost of production, farm size,
experience and access to credit were significant variables having varying
effects on the profit of battery cage users while sex, household size,
education, mortality, cost of production, farm size, experience were the
significant variables influencing the returns of deep litter users in the study
area.  High cost of feeds, inadequate
amenities, high interest rates, quality of stock etc. where the major
constraints of poultry production in the area. The study recommends that
governments should subsidize the cost of feeds to make it affordable for
farmers in the study area.

Keywords

deeplitter, battery cage, poultry, profitability

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