THE STRUCTURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMERCIAL AND VILLAGE BASED POULTRY INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

• CONTENTS CONTENTS-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i LIST OF TABLES---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------iv LIST OF FIGURES------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------v LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------vi 

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

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• 1.INTRODUCTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 
• 1.1Background Information-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 
• 1.2Scope of Study-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 
• 1.3Data sources, Approach of Analysis---------------------------------------------------------------------2 
• 1.4Limitation and Constraints---------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 
• 1.5Layout of Report---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

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• 2.OVERVIEW OF POULTRY PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA------------------------------------------4 
• 2.1Preamble------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 
• 2.2Description of Main Characteristics-------------------------------------------------------------------4 2.
• 2.1Structure Commercial Poultry in Nigeria----------------------------------------------------------6    A. Production Capacity (Pre-HPAI)---------------------------------------------------------------7    B. Housing and Husbandry Practices-----------------------------------------------------------7    C. Hatchery Capacity-------------------------------------------------------------------------------8    D. Disease control and poultry health----------------------------------------------------------8    E. Poultry Products-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------10    F. The Number and Spread Sectors 2 and 3 Operators------------------------------------12 2.
• 2.2Backyard and Rural Poultry Sector 4-------------------------------------------------------------13      A. Preamble----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13      B. Husbandry Practices-------------------------------------------------------------------------14      C. Trends in growth-------------------------------------------------------------------------------17      D. Diseases Losses and Health----------------------------------------------------------------19      E. Productivity and Flock Profile----------------------------------------------------------------20 
• 2.3Size of the Poultry (Livestock) Sub-sector------------------------------------------------------------20       A. Backyard Poultry-----------------------------------------------------------------------------21       B. Commercial Poultry--------------------------------------------------------------------------27 

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

•  3 .POULTRY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY----------------------------------------------------------31 3.
• 1.Taste and Preferences------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31 3.
• 2.National and Household Expenditure ----------------------------------------------------------------32 3.
• 2.1Local Production from Commercial Poultry--------------------------------------------------------32 3.
• 2.2Imports of Poultry Products----------------------------------------------------------------------------33 3.
• 2.3Stocks Slaughtered By Households for Consumption------------------------------------------33 

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

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• 4..MARKETING OF POULTRY INPUTS AND PRODUCTS-----------------------------------------36 
• 4.1Poultry Inputs--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 4.
• 1.1Feed-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36 4.
• 1.2Drugs, Supplements and Vaccines--------------------------------------------------------------------38 4.
• 1.3Housing--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------38 
• 4.2Poultry Products------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------39 4.
• 2.1Products Distribution-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------39 4.
• 2.2Products Pricing and Prices-------------------------------------------------------------------------------42 4.
• 2.3Slaughtering and Processing------------------------------------------------------------------------------42 4.
• 2.4Transportation of Products--------------------------------------------------------------------------------42 
• 4.3Marketing of Products from Rural Poultry--------------------------------------------------------------42 
• 4.4Regional (Inter-State) Trade in Poultry Products---------------------------------------------------43 

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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• 5.GOVERNMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMME TO THE POULTRY SECTOR -------------------44 
• 5.1Historical Background and Transition to the Current Status---------------------------------------44 5.
• 2.The Thrust and Examples of FGN Support Programmes------------------------------------------45 5.
• 2.1General Policies on Livestock and Meat/Dairy Policies-------------------------------------------45 5.
• 2.2Poultry Production Policy---------------------------------------------------------------------------------45 
• 5.3Support Policies------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------48 5.
• 3.1Price support Policies-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------48 5.
• 3.2Methods of implementing producer price support schemes-------------------------------------48 5.
• 3.3Non-Price measures--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------48 5.
• 3.4Consumption Patterns and Policy--------------------------------------------------------------------48 5.
• 3.5International Trade Policies----------------------------------------------------------------------------48 
• 5.4Developments in International Technical Assistance-----------------------------------------------49 
• 5.5Pilot Vaccination Programme of Rural Poultry Against Newcastle Disease.--------------------49 
• 5.6The Millennium Development Goal Project of Federal Ministry of Agriculture-----------------49 
• 5.7Presidential Initiative on Livestock------------------------------------------------------------------------50 5.
• 7.1Background--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------50 5.
• 7.2Targets--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------50 5.7.
• 3.Funds Requirement and Funding---------------------------------------------------------------------52 5.
• 7.4Implementation--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------52 CHAPTER SIX 
• 6.OFFICIAL REGULATIONS AND INTERVANTIONS IN POULTRY HEALTH (IN PARTICULAR AVIAN INFLUENZA MEASURES.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------54 
• 6.1The Animal Diseases (Control) Decree-------------------------------------------------------------54 6.
• 1.1Technical Overview of the Decree----------------------------------------------------------------54 6.
• 2.Management of Avian Influenza Outbreak in Nigeria.------------------------------------------55 6.
• 2.1Pre-epidemic Background in Nigeria--------------------------------------------------------------55 6.
• 2.2Preparedness Plans in Nigeria---------------------------------------------------------------------55 6.
• 2.3Poultry Sector and Public Reactions-------------------------------------------------------------56 6.
• 2.4Aspects of Bird Flu Emergency & Management Responses in Nigeria.-----------------57 6.
• 2.5Current Status and Trends in Flu Outbreaks---------------------------------------------------57 6.
• 2.6 Compensation Programme-----------------------------------------------------------------------58 6.
• 2.7International Support-------------------------------------------------------------------------------59 6.
• 2.8Implications of AI in Nigeria for the Rural Poultry Sector and its Genetic Base -----60 6.
• 2.9Slaughtering for a the Stamping-out of AI------------------------------------------------------60 6.
• 2.10Implications for the Rural Poultry structure and Genetic base ---------------------------61 CHAPTER SEVEN  
• 7.BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS----------------------------------------------------62 CHAPTER EIGHT--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------63 
• 8.CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS-------------------------------------------------63 
• 8.1Conclusions--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------63 
• 8.2Recommendations----------------------------------------------------------------------------------63 MAJOR REFERENCES CITED 65 APPENDICES