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| Evaluation of Production Performance of The Broiler Chicken Industry in West District Zanzibar. |
Mussa Suleiman Mgeni, Othman Mohammed Ahmed
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Abstract:
The objective of the study was to evaluate performance of the broiler chicken industry in West District Zanzibar. By using structured questionnaire as primary data source and secondary data was collected from the records and reports in the office of District livestock officer and local leaders of the village. A total of 48 respondents were included from 3 wards, where 16 respondents from each wards were involved. For every 16 farmers to be interviewed from each wards, 6 was the farmers who used to keep broiler but stopped and 10 was those currently farmers keeping broiler. Data was analyzed by Software Package for Statistical Science (SPSS).
The study showed that broiler production was done by male (70.8%). An increased in number of broiler exposed in the market over the year was noted and it is becoming more commercialized with improved management standards.
Most of the producers were small scale producers with an average number of birds exposed per year varied from 300 to 600 broilers. The findings reveal that number of small scale producers was dropping while the number of imported chicken was increasing, this due to stiff competition for market resulted from economic liberalization which favored imported chicken whose prices were incredibly low. The study discovered that most farmers were used commercial feed which were expensive to most farmers, so the government through extension services should provide knowledge of formulate the feeds to the farmers, so as to decrease the feeds cost.
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