scholarly journals Problems and Prospects of Poultry Rearing in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1569-1573
Author(s):  
B.O. Fadimu ◽  
IG Akinyemi ◽  
O.A. Ogundimu ◽  
M.O. Lawal ◽  
G.A. Adeyomoye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
School Education ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Poultry Farmers

World poultry production is increasing yearly yet the demand for the products has not been met. This study assessed the problems and prospects of poultry rearing in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. The study was carried out among poultry farmers with interview schedule of Eighty (80) farmers using structured questionnaires. The study examined social characteristics of poultry farmers, benefits of poultry production, needs and constraints of poultry production in the study area. Descriptive statistical analysis was used to analyze data. The study revealed that 73.80% of the respondents were males and 26.20% were females, 52.60% had tertiary education, 36.20% had secondary school education and 11.20% had primary school education. The result showed that 67.50% of the respondents had increase in egg production, 15.00% had average increase in egg production and 17.50% had no increase in egg production. The respondents had maximum income benefit with 15.00% always having high income, 51.20% low income and 33.80% indicated indifference in their income. In this research work, the poultry farmers shows various needs to boost their production, where 91.20% have problems of good storage facilities, 92.50% with problems of pest and disease control, 88.80% request for training for farmers and 53.8% aimed at credit facilities. The major problems that poultry farmers encounter in the study area are  inadequate capital (100.00%), pest and disease (100.00%), lack of credit facilities (100.0%) and high cost of feeding (80.0%) of the respondents. Keywords: Poultry, production, farmers, problems, constraints

scholarly journals Impact of COVID-19 and associated lockdown on livestock and poultry sector in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 121-128
Author(s):  
C. O. Akure ◽  
P. A. Vantsawa ◽  
S. O. Balogun ◽  
S. Omodona ◽  
U. U. Emeghara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Collecte De Données ◽  
Poultry Farmers ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown for a long period have created a significant adverse impact on different sectors, including that of the agriculture and other allied sub- sectors in Nigeria. The present research was aimed at depicting the impact of this pandemic and the lock down on the poultry sectors in the Nigeria, which has been one of the fastest growing sectors in recent years. Inadequacy of country-wide information has been a major problem for having a thorough understanding of the impact onthe prolonged lockdown on different sub-sectors of livestock and poultry. In the present case, an in-depth, analysis of the subject has been made through the collation of primary data. The paper highlights various dimensions of the impacts, namely, reduction in the demand of different commodities, wastage of the produce due to the closure of transport and market chains, distress sale of the produce, and labour shortage and recommendations for revival strategies. The present impact study although gives a picture about the overall scenario in faggae local government area, a systematic study through the collection of primary data from all over the country is suggested, which will provide a holistic view of the impact on each of the sub-sectors and the associated value chains. The vast majority of poultry farmers in the world including Nigeria were adversely affected with the covid-19 pandemic, as a result of the deadly effect of the pandemic which brought about the enforcement of lockdown in order to cub the effect of the spread of this virus. This study examined the impact of covid-19 on the poultry production in faegea local government area of kano state. Primary data were used for the study. A multi stage sampling technique was used to select two hundred poultry farmers. Descriptive statistics and likert scale were used to achieve the stated objectives. The socio – economic characteristics indicate that the respondents have a mean age of 29 years with 58% aged between 21-30 years. About sixty- eight (68%) of the respondents were males, 74% were married while the total % of people with primary, secondary and tertiary education were about 98%. An average household had about five persons in the study area.     La pandémie COVID-19 et le confinement associé pendant une longue période ont créé un impact négatif significatif sur différents secteurs, y compris celui de l'agriculture et d'autres sous-secteurs connexes au Nigeria. La présente recherche visait à décrire l'impact de cette pandémie et du verrouillage sur les secteurs de la volaille au Nigéria, qui a été l'un des secteurs à la croissance la plus rapide ces dernières années. L'insuffisance des informations à l'échelle du pays a été un problème majeur pour avoir une compréhension approfondie de l'impact du confinement prolongé sur les différents sous-secteurs de l'élevage et de la volaille. Dans le cas présent, une analyse approfondie du sujet a été effectuée à travers la collecte de données primaires. Le document met en évidence diverses dimensions des impacts, à savoir la réduction de la demande de différents produits, le gaspillage des produits en raison de la fermeture des chaînes de transport et de marché, la vente de détresse des produits, la pénurie de main-d'œuvre et des recommandations pour des stratégies de relance. Bien que la présente étude d'impact donne une image du scénario global dans la zone de gouvernement local de faggae, une étude systématique à travers la collecte de données primaires de tout le pays est suggérée, ce qui fournira une vue holistique de l'impact sur chacun des sous- secteurs et les chaînes de valeur associées. La grande majorité des éleveurs de volailles dans le monde, y compris le Nigéria, a été affectée négativement par la pandémie de covid-19, en raison de l'effet mortel de la pandémie qui a entraîné l'application du confinement afin de réduire l'effet de la propagation de ce virus. . Cette étude a examiné l'impact du covid-19 sur la production de volaille dans la région du gouvernement local de Faegea, dans l'État de Kano. Les données primaires ont été utilisées pour l'étude. Une technique d'échantillonnage à plusieurs degrés a été utilisée pour sélectionner deux cents éleveurs de volaille. Des statistiques descriptives et une échelle de likert ont été utilisées pour atteindre les objectifs énoncés. Les caractéristiques socio - économiques indiquent que les répondants ont un âge moyen de 29 ans avec 58% entre 21 et 30 ans. Environ soixante-huit (68%) des répondants étaient des hommes, 74% étaient mariés, tandis que le pourcentage total de personnes ayant une éducation primaire, secondaire et supérieure était d'environ 98%. Un ménage moyen comptait environ cinq personnes dans la zone d'étude.

scholarly journals Rural dwellers involvement in small scale poultry farming in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33
Author(s):  
O.G. Ogunwale ◽  
O.O. Abegunrin ◽  
O.O. Oyewole ◽  
B.T. Olatunji ◽  
A.O. Ajanaku
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
R Value ◽  
Rural Dwellers ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Poultry Farming

Poultry production at all levels appears to be lucrative and profitable but many factors appear to limit the involvement of rural dwellers in this sector. This study was carried out at Oluyole Local Government Area Oyo State to assess the level of involvement of rural dwellers in small scale poultry farming. Some parts of Oluyole local government were purposely selected for this study because of higher  concentration of rural dwellers that are involved in poultry production. A total of ninety five respondents were sampled and had a well-structured questionnaire administered to them to determine their socio economics characteristic, their level of involvement, benefit  derived and constraint faced in poultry farming. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentage and  means, Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) at 0.05% level of significance. The results show that majority of the respondents were males (61.1%), married (68.8%) and have tertiary education (59.1%). Majority (50.5%) of the respondents were between the ages of 31-45years. Socio-economic characteristics such as age, region, sex, educational level, household size and income had no significant relationship with the respondent’s level of involvement in small scale poultry farming (P<0.05). Results on level of involvement shows that most (48.8%) of the sampled correspondents were involved in boilers production. The study also shows that the benefit derived in poultry farming remained the same regardless of the level of involvement of the farmers in various poultry activities, with r –value (0.177), p-value (0.089) indicating that the relationship is not significant (P<0.01), it also indicated that the relationship between the  constraints facing the respondents and their level of involvement is not significant with r –value (0.154). Also, the major constraints facing the respondents included difficulty in accessing loan and quality feed. Government should therefore make loan facilities at affordable interest rate while all the stake holders should work together to improve farmers’ access to quality feed, vaccine, technical know-how and adequate extension workers.

scholarly journals Assessment of dry season garden egg production among small-scale farmers in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-103
Author(s):  
Olubunmi Omotesho ◽  
Abdulazeez Muhammad-Lawal ◽  
Khadijat Amolegbe ◽  
Tauheed Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

The study was carried out for the purpose of assessing dry season garden egg production among small-scale farmers in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State. The study adopted a snowballing sampling technique to sample 120 small-scale garden egg farmers. Five research questions were formulated to achieve the objectives of this research work. Descriptive statistics, cost and return analysis and OLS regression were used to analyze data collected. Cost and return analysis shows that the total revenue generated from the sales of irrigated garden egg produce for a typical farmer was N 36,596.5k while the total fixed cost (depreciated) and variable input cost amounted to 1,279.22K to give a net farm income (NFI) of N 24,582.68k. The OLS regression results revealed that the coefficients of farm size and household size were positive and significant at the 1% and 10% levels of probability respectively. This implies that an increase in farm size by 1 ha will increase the production of dry season garden egg by 1 percent. While the results of stochastic production frontier estimate show that the parameters of labour, fertilizer and farm size were highly significant, chemical use was significant at 10% level. This result implies that the farmers were technically efficient in the use of labour, fertilizer, chemical and farm size. Therefore, it is recommended that farmers should be encouraged to form cooperative societies, whereby they can join their resources together to provide a cost-effective irrigation system. Also, government authorities and other non-governmental organizations are encouraged to give farmers fertilizers and other chemicals at subsidized rates. There is a need for revitalization of the marketing board in Nigeria to further strengthen the marketing of agricultural produce and reduce marketing, storage and transportation problems.

scholarly journals Assessment of Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) Assistance on Poultry Production in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (II) ◽  
pp. 212-217
Author(s):  
Kentus Tibi ◽  
A A Oyem
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Poultry Production ◽  
Poultry Farmers

The study was carried out to assess the extent of assistance of Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) on Poultry Production in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State. A simple random sampling technique was employed in the selection of six (6) villages from the study area, ten (10) poultry farmers were randomly selected from each of the six villages giving a total sample size of sixty (60). Data was collected with structured questionnaire administered to the respondents in the study area. Data was analyzed with descriptive statistics such as frequency, mean and percentages. The result of the demographic characteristics of the poultry farmers showed that the mean age of the respondents was 50.5 years. The study also showed that 46% of the respondents had formal education while 54% of the respondent had no formal education. The respondents’ gender was 90% males and 10% females. The intensive system of poultry production was higher (67%) than the semi-intensive (25%) and extensive system (8%). The study further showed that the source of credit facilities to poultry farmers were personal savings (36.7%), ADP (30%) banks (8%), cooperative (13.3%). The study also showed that only few of the farmers received assistance from ADP in the form of training on improved agricultural technology (33.3%), credit and inputs provision for poultry farmers (16.7%). About 20% of the respondents are engaged in broilers production, 30% in layers production while 50% are in both layers and broilers production. However, it was observed that in spite of these assistance of ADP on poultry production, the living standard of majority of the poultry farmers in the study area has not improved. Therefore, the following recommendations are made; ADP should create more sensitization programmes so that more poultry farmers will benefit. More credits and inputs on poultry production should be made available so that more poultry farmers can access the facilities.  This is an open-access article published and distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License of United States unless otherwise stated. Access, citation and distribution of this article is allowed with full recognition of the authors and the source.

Attitude of Secondary School teachers towards Physical Fitness for Sports in Ekiti State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Olurotimi Marcus BOLARINWA
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Secondary School Teachers ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Sports Activities

This research work investigated the attitude of Secondary School Teachers in the Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria towards Physical fitness for sports. The research design used for the study was the descriptive type of research. A simple random sampling technique was used to select two hundred (200) secondary school teachers selected from all the secondary schools in Secondary Schools in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. The instrument for data collection for the study was a self-structured questionnaire. The instrument was subjected to a validity and reliability mechanism and it was found to be appropriate for the study. Four (4) research questions were raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The data collected were analysed using Chi-Square (X2) statistical analysis package. The findings of the study revealed that the disposition of secondary school teachers’ influences their attitude towards physical fitness programme and sports activities, the interest of secondary school teachers’ influences their attitude towards physical fitness programme and sports activities, availability of sports facilities influence the attitude of secondary school teachers’ toward physical fitness programme and sports activities and, secondary school teachers’ perception of health benefits of physical fitness influences their attitude towards physical fitness participation and sports activities in secondary schools in Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. Based on the findings, appropriate conclusions and recommendations were made.

scholarly journals Awareness of Glaucoma in Olorunda Local Government Area, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
C. O. Adeoti ◽  
E. A. Abioye Kuteyi ◽  
B. V. Olomola ◽  
O. Adejumo
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Open Angle Glaucoma ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Positive Family History ◽  
The State ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
History Of

Purpose: The commonest type of glaucoma called chronic open angle glaucoma is a silent disease and patients are usually diagnosed late in the disease. Public awareness programs must be actively done to enable a reduction of late detection of the disease and level of awareness must be assessed regularly to appraise the programs. The aim of this study was to assess the level of awareness of the people following the several annual glaucoma week programs we held in the state. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done in Osogbo local Government Area (LGA) over six months to assess the awareness of glaucoma following a five-year screening and public health education on glaucoma during the annual World glaucoma week in the state. The interviewer-assisted questionnaire was administered to 279 participants. Obtained data included demography such as age, sex, level of education, occupation, religion, state of origin, knowledge of glaucoma and its treatment, family history of glaucoma and so on. The data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 21 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Descriptive statistics was used to analyze demographic data, and cross-tabulations with chi-square were used in comparing variables. Statistical significance was set at P<0.05. Results: Two hundred and seventy-nine people were involved in the study. Many, 192 (68.8%) were aware of glaucoma. Thirty-nine participants (14.0%) had a family history of glaucoma and 63 (22.6%) felt the cause of glaucoma is an act of God. Two hundred and one (72.0%) had tertiary education. Tertiary education was found to be a statistically significant factor associated with glaucoma. Thirty-three (84.6%) of the 39 participants that had a positive family history of glaucoma were aware of glaucoma blindness. Out of participants that claimed to know how to treat glaucoma, eight (5.3%) felt it should be conservatively managed and nothing should be used. Conclusion: The World glaucoma week has yielded results but more efforts must be put in place to increase awareness and knowledge of the populace on the nature of glaucoma. Tertiary education is an important factor in glaucoma awareness. The government must ensure everyone is educated up to tertiary level. Glaucoma patients and their acquaintances may be used in increasing awareness.

scholarly journals Assessment of women involvement in catfish (Clarias gariepinus) processing and preservation in Ijebu-Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria

Agrosearch ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-43
Author(s):  
A.O. Kayode ◽  
A.O. Awoyemi
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Level Of Involvement ◽  
Preservation Methods ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Level Of Significance

This study assessed the activities of women in processing and preservation of catfish in Ijebu-Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State. A three-stage random sampling technique was employed to select a total of 120 respondents for the study. The data collected were analysed with both descriptive statistics and correlation model. The mean age of the respondents was 54 years with a mean of nine years of catfish processing and preservation experience. The annual mean income was N107, 587.50. Findings also show that respondents’ levels of involvement in processing and preservation methods such as smoking and salting were high. There was a positive and significant relationship between respondents’ age (r= 0.003; p=0.034), annual income (r= 0.012; p=0.030), household size (r= 0.232; p=0.011) and their level of involvement in catfish preservation at 5% level of significance. The results of correlation analysis also show that a significant relationship exists between respondents’ perceived benefits and their level of involvement in catfish processing and preservation. The study concludes that, although the level of involvement of women in catfish preservation methods was high, low income was realized from the venture when compared with the minimum wage of N18,000 that government workers earn in the study area. It therefore recommends upgrading the methods and facilities used for the preservation and preserving catfish.

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