Assessment of Village Chicken Production Systems In Kambata Tambaro and Wolaita Zones, SNNPR, Ethiopia

Aman Getiso

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Aman Getiso

indigenous chicken, production systems, SNNPR, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was conducted in four woredas (Damot Gale,Of a, Angacha and Hadero Tunto) the first two of them found in Wolaita zone and two of them in Kambata Tambaro Zone of SNNPR, Ethiopia respectively. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the study areas to assess village chicken production systems, productive and reproductive performance of village chicken and identifying constraints to village chicken production. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 240 farming households and administer a pre-tested and structured questionnaire. The results showed that the mean age of interviewed farmers was 37.8±9.3 years; average family size & chicken owned per household were 6.8±2.4 persons and 8.6±1.7 heads, respectively. There was no significant differences (p ≥0.05) found among the four woredas in all the above traits. The average number of clutch and eggs per hen per year of local chicken in the study areas were 4±0.87 and 12.9±3.47 respectively.

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Assessment of Village Chicken Production Systems In Kambata Tambaro and Wolaita Zones, SNNPR, Ethiopia. (2016). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 15(D9), 21-29. https://journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/1687

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