PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL SCALE POULTRY FARMS

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Department of Agriculture

PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH SMALL SCALE POULTRY FARMS IN COLBEN SCHOOL FARM OF OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNEMNT AREA OF EDO STATE

TABLE OF CONTENT

Chapter One        

Background to the study

Statement of the study

Purpose of the study

Significance of the study

Research questions

Limitations of the study

Chapter Two       

Review of related literature

Chapter Three     

Research design and methodology

Sampled area

Sample subject

Research instruments

Administration of the questionnaire

Validity and reliability of instrument

Statistical procedure

Chapter Four      

Chapter Five       

Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation

Summary

Conclusion

Recommendation

Suggestion for further studies  

References  

Questionnaire      

INTRODUCTION

In Nigeria as well as in other developed countries of the world. Animal protein food contributes between 1-15 grams daily total food. However in Colben school farm Ekiadolor, poultry keeping of domestic fowl) generally follows sustenance or small scale. Poultry farm with the innovation of scientist endeavors have introduced that large number of people still depend upon small scale poultry production for their supply of eggs and poultry meal and rear mostly few numbers of foreign breeds of fowl.

          Although foreign breeds are prolific, they have good meat parts and are used for scientific investigation they have three (3) main disadvantages.

A.   High initial capital of intentions.

B.   Laying of still egg shell could be easily damage.  

C.   Low resistance to disease attack.

The major reason is that the government and the school offices, building is more essential to them and financed by the government mainly benefiting students involves in the theoretical fields than the students involved in theories and practical work the school head take side of the education part without taking consideration of the side of the practical work of the students under vocational study and malnutrition of the animals.

          Some other problems known to small scale poultry production operation in Nigeria include scarcity and cost of feeds disease and parasite lack of training and experience of the people (farmers) in animals his boundary the absence of infrastructure and necessities supply the need input for their production, processing and distributing lack of water, poor feeding and other management problems.