Factors Impacting Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) Production in Ivory Coast

Socioeconomic correlates, typology and characterization of indigenous guinea fowl (Numida meleagris, Linnaeus) farming in Benin, West Africa

“…This instinct, which is not very malleable constitutes a major constraint for the women in its production. This finding aligns with the earlier studies carried out in Ivory Coast ( Kone et al., 2018 ; Kouassi et al., 2019 ); Burkina-Faso ( Traore et al., 2018 ) and Ghana ( Avornyo et al., 2016 ; Abdul-Rahman and Adu, 2017 ) that found that guinea fowl farmers were predominantly men. Similar findings were reported in Togo ( Soara et al., 2020 ), Niger ( Moussa Amadou et al., 2010 ) and Zimbabwe ( Kusina et al., 2012 ).…”

“…This same observation is common in most African countries. The study therefore emphasized the design and translation of technical manuals into local language due to the farmers' low level of formal education ( Kone et al., 2018 ; Traore et al., 2018 ; Kouassi et al., 2019 ) as this will facilitate better understanding of the birds management requirement and subsequently lead to a sustainable development of this sector.…”

“…This is a method through which farmers were selected based on their network and not from a database sampling probability ( Kone et al., 2018 ). The first farmer interviewed gave information about other guinea fowl farmers who in turn also provided information about the farmers they knew ( Johnston and Sabin, 2010 ; Kouassi et al., 2019 ). The sampling continued in each village until the list of guinea fowl farmers in the study area was exhausted.…”

“…(2017) . Based on the coordinates of the farms on the main factorial axis, an Ascending Hierarchical Classification (AHC) was used to group the farms according to their proximity to one another as adapted from Kouassi et al. (2019) .…”

“…Guinea fowls are also well adapted to traditional breeding production systems and as such occupy an important position among rural farming households ( Mishra et al., 2001 ). Guinea fowl contributes immensely to rural households as it serves as a source of animal protein (meat and eggs), income generation from the sale of eggs and birds, and thus improving the food security condition and consequently poverty reduction among rural households ( Kouassi et al., 2019 ). Guinea fowl meat and eggs are an excellent choice, both gastronomically and dietetically, with a high protein and low fat content ( Lopez-Pedrouso et al., 2019 ).…”