Analysis of Chicken Value Chain in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria
Abstract
The study analyzed chicken value chain in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria.
The specific objective were to; identify the actors involved in the value chain of chicken in
Maiduguri; identify their linkages; determine the profitability of each actor along the chain; and
identify the constraints by each actor. Data were collected by the used of well-structured
questionnaire which were administered to the chain actors. Random and purposive sampling
techniques were used to select 10 respondents from 4 wards, making a total of 40 respondents.
Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. Descriptive statistics and gross margin
analysis were used to analyze the results of the study. The results revealed that there are four
actors in chain; the actors are producers (farmers), sellers, processors and consumers. The Gross
Margin analysis revealed that the farmers had of N250.00, the sellers had N255.00 and the
processors had N300.00 per chicken. The findings indicated that the chicken sellers made N5.00
more profit than the producers, which may be due to extra cost incurred by the seller in handling
chicken before sell. The processor has the highest margin because of the value added to the chicken
by processing. Constraints along the chain include high cost of feed, low market price, poor power
supply, low market patronage, high mortality rate and insecurity, among other. The value chain
of chicken in Maiduguri involved four main actors (producers, processors, sellers and consumers)
linked through four main channels. Micro credit institutions should assist farmers by providing
financial aid to produce supplementary feed and also government should establish a programme
that will educate farmers on how to formulate the feed locally.
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