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Titre : Assessment of Management Intervention on Improving Productivity of Indigenous Chicken in Rural Households, Alhiglig Village, Gezira State, Sudan

Auteur : Alnzeer Fathi Omer, Elsiddik,

Université de soutenance : University of Gezira

Grade : Master of Science (MS) in Animal Production (Poultry Production) 2022

Résumé
Rural chicken production is an important agricultural activity of almost all rural communities in Africa, it provides scarce high quality animal protein in the form of meat and eggs, as well as being a reliable source of petty cash. The study was conducted in Alhiglig village in Gezira State, Sudan, about 17 km east Wad Medani town, the capital of the state. The main objective of the study was to improve productivity of rural indigenous chicken ecotypes of rural household via management intervention. The study was achieved into four phases. In phase one knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) study was carried out to investigate the knowledge of Alhiglig respondants about chicken keeping as well as their attitude and practice regarding rural chicken production. In phase two a training workshop was carried out for household chicken producers and attended by 50 participants. The workshop discussed various issues related to rural village production (housing, feeds and feeding, management, disease control, record keeping). In phase three a total of ten household producers who participated in the training workshop were provided with nine hens and a cock in addition to layer feed for seven weeks. Regular visits and technical consultation were offered by the researcher. The technical data of the study was collected using a closed-ended questionnaire, and observation. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version16. The major objectives of rearing indigenous chicken in the study area were home consumption and cash income. The results showed that, women play an important management role in chicken raising and in charge of most decision on sale of chicken and consumption of chicken products. The flock size per household is 15 -25 chicken, dominated by hens and pullets. Most (90%) the village chicken owner did not provide separate overnight house for their chicken. The results also revealed that mean egg production per day per household is low (ranged 1.3-4.1) with an average hatchability of 80.5% The study concluded that the most important obstacles facing rearing indigenous chicken ecotype, in the study area are : Newcastle disease, poor management practiced by the producers, lack of both veterinary and extension services in addition to lack of awareness of rural chicken producers about chicken raising. The study recommended the use of indigenous chicken ecotype for production of meat and egg in the Sudanese rural areas. Improvement of the flock productivity through selection and management intervention.

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