What is the effect of management interventions package on productivity of indigenous chicken in Western Kenya?
Abstract
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This study examined different management packages for
improving indigenous chicken productivity in Kenya. The
management interventions package comprised feed
supplementation, housing, chick rearing, brooding and
vaccination study. Farmers were allowed to modify and
selectively select components of the package. The effect was
analyzed using log linear regression model which takes the form
of Cobb-Douglas production function. The results indicated that
farmers who had adopted full management intervention package
as recommended by extension had higher productive
performance than farmers who modified and selectively adopted
components of management intervention package. Farm
production assets, expenditure on feeds, labour, access to
extension, group membership and female gender significantly
influenced productivity of indigenous chicken. Therefore, rural
farm households should adopt management intervention
package as recommended to increase productivity thereby
improving financial and food security in rural areas.
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