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Studies on Production and Marketing Systems of Local Chicken STUDIES ON PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SYSTEMS OF LOCAL CHICKEN ECOTYPES IN BURE WOREDA, NORTH-WEST AMHARA M.Sc. THESIS FISSEHA MOGES ASSEGIE HAWASSA UNIVERSITY, AWASSA, ETHIOPIA FEB., 2009 STUDIES ON PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SYSTEMS OF LOCAL CHICKEN ECOTYPES IN BURE WOREDA, NORTH-WEST AMHARA FISSEHA MOGES ASSEGIE A THESES SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND RANGE SCIENCES HAWASSA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES HAWASSA UNIVERSITY, AWASSA, ETHIOPIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ANIMAL AND RANGE SCIENCE (SPECIALIZATION: ANIMAL PRODUCTION) MAJOR ADVISOR: ABERA MELLESSE (Ph.D) CO-ADVISOR: TADELLE DESSIE (Ph.D) FEB, 2009 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to pass my great gratitude and thanks to those individuals, interviewed chicken producer farmers and institutions that were involved directly or indirectly in this work so that my study came to success. First of all, my deepest appreciation and heart felt thanks goes to my major research advisor, Dr. Abera Melesse, for spending his precious time to give me constructive and regular advice, to visit the research area and to correct this document from the very beginning to end. I also would like to express my honest gratitude to my research co-advisor, Dr.Tadelle Dessie, for his invaluable support and constructive comments he has made on my research proposal and for the final thesis write-up. My genuine thanks go my institute, Amhara Region Agricultural Research Institute for giving me a study leave and all round support. Many special thanks are due to Dr. Getachew Alemayehu, Director General; Dr. Eshete Dejen, Livestock Research Director and Ato Demis Teshager, administration head, in ARARI for overall facilitation and help in my thesis work. I would also like to extend my thanks to the sponsor organization, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), particularly to the improved productivity and market success (IPMS) project, for financing my study. iii iv I wish to acknowledge and express my honest thanks to all surveyed chicken owner farmers of the study area, development agents of the selected farmer kebeles, Burie wereda livestock experts and IPMS-Burie staffs members for their great role they have played during research site selection, registration of chicken producer farmer and data collection. I am grateful to Andassa Livestock Research Center (ALRC) staff members; Tekeba Eshete (M.Sc), centre manager, for his invaluable support and facilitation of my thesis work. I also would like to express my heart felt thanks to Dr. Halima Hassen, for her regular advises and spending her precious time to comment my thesis. I also appreciate the valuable assistance of colleagues, Eyaya Molla, Demelash Dagnew, Wondemeneh Mekonnen, Asresu Yitayew, Zelalem Kifle and Mesafint Bezabih during the course of field data collection. I am greatly indebted to Awassa College Agriculture (ACA) staff members; Fassil Bekele, for his honest help in lending me all the equipments used for egg quality analysis and Kefeyalew Berihun (M.Sc), for his all round support during my study times. I am also grateful to all my friends and classmates for the good relationship we had during our study time. Last but not the least; I owe special thanks to my wife, Degitu Alemu and children, Yome Fisseha and Mahilet Fisseha, for their patience and endurance during my absence from home. Above all, I give glory to God Almighty for giving me strength and seeing me through this task successfully. iv v DECLARATION I declare that this thesis is my original work and that all sources of material that are used for this thesis have been duly acknowledged. This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an MSc degree at Hawassa University and is deposited at the university library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the library. I solemnly declare that this thesis is not submitted to any other institution anywhere for the awards of any academic degree, diploma or certificate. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable with out special permission provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Request for this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the dean of the School of Graduate Studies when in his or her judgment the proposed use of the material is in the interest of scholarship. In all other instances, however, permission must be obtained from the Author. v vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AH Albumen height ANRS-BoARD Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Development ANRS-BoFED Amhara National Regional State Bureau of Finance and Economic Development CSA Central Statistical Authority EL Egg length ESAP Ethiopian Society of Animal production EW Egg width EWt Egg weight FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAOSTAT Food and Agricultural Organization Statistics FRLC Free range local chickens g gram ha Hectare HH Household HU Haugh unit IBD Infectious Bursal Disease ILCA International Livestock Research Center for Africa ILRI International Livestock Research Institute IPMS Improving Production and Marketing Success vi vii Km killo meter masl meter above see level N Number NCD New castle Disease NS Not significant % Percentage PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal RIR Rhode-Island Red chicken breeds SD Standard Deviation SFRB Scavengeable Feed Resource Base SI Shape index SNNPRS Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State SPSS Statistical Package for Social Sciences TLU Tropical Livestock Unit WLH White-Leg Horn chicken breeds YH Yolk height YW Yolk width vii viii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................................................... iii DECLARATION ...................................................................................................................... v LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .................................................................................................. vi LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................... xi LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................... xiii LIST OF TABLES IN APPENDICES .................................................................................. xiv DEDICATION ....................................................................................................................... xiv ABSTRACT......................................................................................................................... xviii 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1 General objective ...................................................................................................................... 5 Specific objectives .................................................................................................................... 5 2. Literature Review ................................................................................................................. 6 2.1. Agriculture in Ethiopia .................................................................................................. 6 2.2. Livestock production in Ethiopia................................................................................... 7 2.3. Village chicken production in Ethiopia ......................................................................... 9 2.4. Importance of village chicken production ................................................................... 11 2.5. Production performance of village chicken ................................................................. 14 2.6. Constraints of village chicken production system ....................................................... 17 2.7. Marketing systems of village chicken and egg in Ethiopia ......................................... 18 2.8. Chicken egg quality aspects ......................................................................................... 20 2.8.1. External egg quality ................................................................................................ 21 viii ix 2.8.2. Internal egg quality ................................................................................................. 22 2.9. Role of rural women in village chicken production system ........................................ 24 3. Materials and Methods........................................................................................................ 26 3.1. Description of the study wereda .................................................................................. 26 3.2. Selection of the study area and sampling techniques .................................................. 27 3.3. Data Collection ............................................................................................................ 31 3.4. Data management and statistical analysis .................................................................... 33 4. Results and discussions ....................................................................................................... 35 4.1. Household characteristics ............................................................................................ 35 4.2. Land holding ...............................................................................................................
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