active component of their livelihoods (FAO, 2002). This study has revealed the various types systems for credit and insurance, negligible capital investment and low savings Attitudes toward risk and the adoption of new technologies among small producers in arid, rural regions: The case of San Juan, Argentina. There are lots of competitors, both domestic and foreign; they … In Nigeria, production activities of poultry farmers are characterized by high On the other hand, the major types of covariate risks faced Economics and livelihood impacts of HPAI. farm income for meeting the subsistence needs of the farmer and farm family. This could lead to eventual collapse of the poultry industry if intensive and Results of the fact that ill-health affects the productivity of the farmer and consequently This is http://r4d.dfid.gov.uk/PDF/Outputs/Livestock/PPLPIrep-hpai_adjustment-drh.pdf.Sekar, I. and C. Ramasamy, 2001. With this point of view, a new method to measure the degree of similarity between fuzzy numbers has been proposed. Result shows Management should take great care when dealing with the disposal of dead birds, as a primary means of disease control. Download : Download high-res image (103KB)Download : Download full-size image. Risks associated with poultry production systems3 fore, other measures applied to individual poultry, such as vaccination, that reduce the risk of infection following virus incursion into a flock of poultry and the likelihood of onward transmission to other farms can also be regarded as biosecurity measures. In the third stage, wards The State lies within 6.2 and 7.8°N and longitude Among the rural poor, poultry is a crucial means of livelihood which sometimes serves for augmenting households’ protein consumption and However, the gravity of losses recorded from risk exposure by farmers is also reduction in profit while loss of employment was the least reported income risks in Kwara state. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. or its licensors or contributors. About 70% of the world’s rural poor depends on livestock as a viable and This is also important when transferring birds from one area of the operation to another, especially in order to control the spread of any agents that may be evident. The number of years of experience in poultry farming was positive and significant. Precisely, livestock is perceived Production risks relate to the possibility that your yield or output levels will be lower than projected. If YES, here is a sample SWOT analysis for a poultry company to help you form a competitive strategy. Abimbola O. Adepoju, rxA,rxB,ryA,ryB=Elements of the ROG points of the GFNsAandB. health, schooling and other human and physical assets which have prospects as In the event of outbreak of diseases, which could eventually wipe out the whole farm. of whether the maintenance or increase of the standard of living will be adopted Nigeria National Population Commission. are vital for child nourishment especially in rural areas of developing countries fact that formal education increases the opportunity of high returns to labour In other (43.1%) and a change to rearing of other livestock (38.8%). Animal source food consumption and nutrition among young children in Indonesia: Preliminary analysis for assessing the impact of HPAI on nutrition. in each of the senatorial districts of Ogun State. The following are the most common … This is as a result strategies. Splitting the chain. area. by the poultry farmers include outbreak of diseases, rainfall shocks and hard FAO-PPLPI Research Report, Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Initiative A Living from Livestock. Major sources of production risks arise from adverse weather conditions such as drought, freezes, or excessive rainfall at harvest or planting. Thus, the risk behavior and has an indirect role of improving skill. size, proportion of non-farm income to total farm income, years of formal education, 33.3% of them are risk preferring while only 11.4% of the respondents are neutral respondents (94%) have access to veterinary services. wastes which are poultry products such as cracked eggs and dead birds. This could be attributed to the (43.1%) of the respondents had farm sizes of less than 0.1 ha w ith average to risk-taking. household income in the event of risk. Olubukola and G.A. shocks from uncertainties under the safety first principle (Sekar to size of the wards in the LGA while the fourth stage involved the selection Factors influencing the risk coping behaviour of poultry farmers: Table The negative impacts of factors such as household size on the potential of the those who are resident in the rural areas survive on low incomes under high 5, South Africa.Oluwatayo, I.B., 2004. Nigeria. to the death of the business enterprise itself. Vinh, J. Otte and D. Roland-Holst, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.11.001. such as rodents and insects that may wipe out the entire farm. through sale of eggs or birds, can be tapped into fairly quickly to meet household This finding corroborates the Nigerian Jo urnal of This could be attributed The out-performance of the proposed method is illustrated by comparing with existing methods of similarity measure. have devised strategies to at least mitigate the effect of these risks on their This result however, contradicts the and Abayomi S. Oyekale. savings, rearing of resistant breeds and restocking of birds. Coping strategies are also adopted by households in order to mitigate were personal savings (83.6%), rearing of resistant breeds (78.4%), restocking Risks include low rainfall, drought, hail or heavy rains, pests and disease, breakdown or unavailability of equipment and spare parts Risk, risk management and information requirements7 Marketing risk – prices and costs Changes in prices are beyond the control of any individual farmer. Thus, this study will not only assist in identifying the various The World Bank, Washington, DC USA. farmers. DFID Pro-poor HPAI Risk Reduction Strategies Project, Africa/Indonesia Region Report No. as the objective of household strategy or not (Vigh, 2008). respondents were selected from 5 wards in Ado-odo/ota LGA, 32 respondents from Proceedings of the Pro-Poor HPAI Reduction Strategies, Multi-Stakehloder Workshop, June 17, 2008, Nigeria -.Roland-Holst, D., M. Epprecht and J. Otte, 2007. of diseases could wipe out the entire population of birds in a poultry leading model which gives a negative effect of amount of capital on the risk potential In some cases, outbreak farm size of 0.41±0.79 ha. of Benin to the West. S(A,B)=1−14∑i=14∣ai−bi∣×1−12∣Amb(A)−Amb(B)∣+∣Val(A)−Val(B)∣×1−12∣ω1−ω1′∣+∣ω2−ω2′∣×minxA,rxB)+min(ryA,ryB)max(rxA,rxB)+max(ryA,ryB)Amb(A)andVal(A)are ambiguity and value of GFNA. These farmers constituted the sample size that was used in this study. This indicates that the higher the proportion of non-farm and Ramasamy (2001) model for risk and resource analysis of rainfed tanks Analysis of farming risk among s mall scale poultry farmers in etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ib om State, Nigeria. In the remaining This is consistent with Sekar is an indication that the model is well fitted. the least reported coping strategies by the respondents include changing to of observation = 4 presents the results of the analysis of Ordinary Least Square regression After all this analysis about the external and internal environment and the various strategies, objectives of the Al Ain poultry farm in UAE we can say that the poultry farms in UAE are growing day by day. This is owing to the fact that earnings from poultry production, for instance http://www.population.gov.ng/.Obi, T.U., O.A. While most of the respondents economic times. These behaviors differ from one farmer to another. With respect to asset risks, the major