Employment and income generation through family poultry in low-income food-deficit countries

Guèye, E.F.

doi:10.1079/wps20020039

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“…Whereas fancy chicken breeders and those producing chickens for exhibition at agricultural shows and cultural ceremonies would concentrate on morphological traits such as feather colour and pattern, and chicken posture, our results show these traits were not as important to village chicken farmers in Zimbabwe. This trend was also observed in other sub-Saharan African countries (Gueye 2002).…”

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Choice of breeding stock, preference of production traits and culling criteria of village chickens among Zimbabwe agro-ecological zones

Muchadeyi

Wollny²,

Eding

et al. 2008

Trop Anim Health Prod

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Free ranging chickens reared by smallholder farmers represent genetic diversity suited for particular environments and shaped by the socio-economic and cultural values of the farming systems. This study sought to investigate the existence of chicken strains and evaluate the breeding goals and strategies used by village chicken farmers in Zimbabwe. A semi-structured questionnaire was administered to 97, 56, 70, 104 and 37 households randomly selected from five agro-ecological-zones I-V, respectively. Fifteen chicken strains mostly defined by morphological traits were reported in the five eco-zones. Production criteria such as body size, and fertility were highly ranked (ranging from 1.3-2.6) by farmers across all the eco-zones, while cultural traits were the least preferred production traits. As a common breeding practice, farmers chose the type of hens and cocks to retain for breeding purposes and these randomly mixed and mated with others from community flocks. Chicken body size was ranked the major determinant in choosing breeding animals followed by mothering ability, and fertility. More households culled chickens associated with poor reproductive performance, poor growth rates and those intolerant to disease pathogens. The focus on many negatively correlated production traits and the absence of farmer records compromises breeding strategies in these production systems.

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Choice of breeding stock, preference of production traits and culling criteria of village chickens among Zimbabwe agro-ecological zones

Muchadeyi

Wollny²,

Eding

et al. 2008

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“…Income of individual beneficiaries and as a group as VO increase significantly from baseline. This is the in agreement with Mack et al (2005) who stated that poultry farming have seen to provide an effective first step lowering poverty and malnutrition and, It is acts as an income source and employment of women (Gujit, 1994;Alders, 1996;Fattah, 2000;Guèye, 2002b). It was further stated by IDRC (1994) that food security ensures adequate diet of all members of household, achieved either by production or purchase and family poultry addresses both food availability and earning money.…”

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“…However, livestock, especially poultry species, have seen to provide an effective first step (Mack, Hoffmann, & Otte, 2005). Therefore, the role of family poultry in poverty alleviation, food security and the promotion of gender equality in developing countries, where nearly all families at the village level, even the poor and landless, are owners of poultry, and mainly owned and managed by women (Upton, 2004), and, it specially acts as an income source and employment of women (Gujit, 1994;Alders, 1996;Fattah, 2000;Guèye, 2002b). Bangladesh, where about 89% of the rural households keep poultry (Fattah, 2000), contributes 7% of the total meat, and 27% animal protein of the country (Hai, Mahiuddin, Howlider & Yeasmin, 2008), is a good example of how poultry can have an impact on the empowerment of the poorest women and on poverty reduction (Nielsen, 1998).…”

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Family Poultry for Poverty Alleviation and Gender Equality Promotion in Coastal Bangladesh: A Food and Nutritional Security Study

Islam¹,

Islam²,

Salam³

et al. 2014

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Family poultry rearing has been practiced for many years in developing countries, since it has been proven as an appropriate tool to supply high-quality protein to fast growing population, providing extra income to poor farmers, especially women. This study was conducted at SLOPB project areas of Patuakhali, a coastal district of Bangladesh to observe the effect of family poultry on poverty alleviation, equality of gender promotion and food security at household level. A total of 583 women beneficiaries of 28 village organizations (VO) were given training and technical support on improved poultry management system, after baseline survey on their socioeconomic status, to uphold their opportunity, to earning and hence reducing poverty, food and nutritional security status at household as well as social status. It was observed that, both in VO and individual level, their income became significantly increased and hence better food and nutritional security in their household, and the women were self-employed, empowered, and more esteemed to their family members as well as society than ever before.

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“…Village chicken (Gallus domesticus) production has been practiced throughout the African continent by rural communities for many generations (Guèye 2002). According to Guèye (2002) chickens in the rural areas constitute more than 80% of the African continent's poultry flock.…”

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Ethno-veterinary control of parasites, management and role of village chickens in rural households of Centane district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Mwale

Masika

2009

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Mwale and Masika 2009 Ethno-veterinary control of parasites, management and role of village chickens in rural households of Centane district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Tropical Animal Health and Production. Village chickens contribute significantly towards rural livelihood in the African continent through the provision of animal protein, income and socio-cultural uses. However, village chickens are susceptible to parasite infestation. Due to limitations of using western drugs to control these parasites, farmers resort to the use of ethno-veterinary medicine (EVM). However, there is dearth of information on EVM use in chickens. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to document various EVM practices used in controlling gastro-intestinal parasites in village chickens. Stratified random sampling was used to select 62 chicken farmers that were interviewed using a structured questionnaire About 70 and 96.7% of farmers provided housing and water for their chickens respectively whereas the rest did not. The chief role of chickens was meat provision (91.7%). Most households (86%) reported parasite problems in chickens, particularly gastro-intestinal parasites. Eighty-three percent of the interviewed respondents use medicinal plants to control both internal and external parasites in chickens. Use of plants increased with parasite incidences (r=0.347; P<0.01). Mainly gastro-intestinal parasites were problematic and were largely controlled by medicinal plants. Further research on pharmacological properties, safety and efficacy of these plants is important for improved chicken productivity and hence rural livelihood.

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Employment and income generation through family poultry in low-income food-deficit countries

Cited by 50 publications

References 6 publications

Choice of breeding stock, preference of production traits and culling criteria of village chickens among Zimbabwe agro-ecological zones

Choice of breeding stock, preference of production traits and culling criteria of village chickens among Zimbabwe agro-ecological zones

Family Poultry for Poverty Alleviation and Gender Equality Promotion in Coastal Bangladesh: A Food and Nutritional Security Study

Ethno-veterinary control of parasites, management and role of village chickens in rural households of Centane district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

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