• Corpus ID: 55329537

Economic analysis of poultry egg production in Maiduguri and environs of Borno State , Nigeria

@inproceedings{Tijjani2013EconomicAO,
  title={Economic analysis of poultry egg production in Maiduguri and environs of Borno State , Nigeria},
  author={H Tijjani and B. A. Tijani and A. N. Tijjani and Muhammad Abubakar Sadiq},
  year={2013}
}

• H. Tijjani, B. Tijani, +1 author M. Sadiq
• Published 2013

The study on the economic analysis of poultry egg production was carried out in Maiduguri and environs of Borno State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: estimate the costs and returns in poultry egg production; determine input / output relationship in poultry egg production; and identify the problems association with poultry egg production in the study area. Purposive sampling technique was employed for the study. Ten (10) wards out of the existing fifteen (15) wards in the area were selected. These are areas where poultry egg producers are predominantly found. From each of the ten (10) wards, five (5) poultry egg producers were randomly selected, giving a total sample size of fifty (50) respondents for the study. Structured questionnaire were administered to fifty (50) poultry egg producers. Descriptive statistics, farm budgetary technique and multiple regression models were used as analytical technique. Analysis of the finding of costs and returns associated with poultry egg production showed that costs of feed and hired labour accounts for 80.65 and 5.25% of the total costs in poultry egg production respectively. The gross revenue, total cost and net farm income were N10, 500.00, N4960.00 and N5, 540.00, respectively in the study area. The result of input / output relationship in poultry egg production also indicates that the coefficients of the cost of hired labor, flock size, feed, depreciating cost of equipment and other operating expenses were all positive and significant at 5, 1, and 10% respectively. High cost of feed, inadequate drug, lack of governmental support, poor management practices, high mortality rate, high bird density and inadequate ventilation among others were the major problems associated with poultry egg production in the study area. It was recommended that farmers should form agricultural co-operative groups that will enable them obtain credit from government and financial institutions; and extension agents in the state should be properly trained and provided with all necessary technological packages required to teach and guide farmers on improved poultry egg production.