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Vol.4 , No. 3, Publication Date: Jun. 13, 2017, Page: 43-50
 of the respondents owned the enterprise while 20% claimed to be managers of the enterprise. Problems faced by feed producers in the study areas include lack of capital, irregular supply of electricity and unavailability of feed ingredients. The study recommended that the government should find solution to the constraints facing animal feed producers towards securing loans especially problem associated with collateral and interest rate, feed producers should establish co-operative groups from which members could acquire loans at very low interest rates, government through the agricultural development program should monitor feed processing activities in the study areas to prevent wrong formulation of feeds and to avoid risk posed to livestock, government should provide new roads and repair existing ones, existing agricultural development and financing institutions like the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) formally Nigeria Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank (NACRBD), Bank of Industry, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) as well as commercial and microfinance banks should be encourage and monitored with a view to make full implementation of government policies regarding agricultural development.&picture=http://www.aascit.org/aascit/decorators/img/journal/892.jpg)
| [1] | Oluwafemi Rufus Adebisi, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria. |
| [2] | Oyewole Victor Bunmi, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria. |
The livestock sub-sector plays significant roles in human and economic development of Nigeria through animal protein, employment generation, rural livelihood sustenance and overall economic growth. Feed remained a key factor in animal production as it constitutes over 60% of production cost in monogastric animal production, hence the need for the present study. An inventory survey of small scale animal feed production was carried out in Gwagwalada and Kuje area councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. Structured questionnaires were distributed to animal feed producers to collect relevant data on animal feed production. Twenty five out of the forty questionnaires were returned. The study specifically investigated the socio-economic characteristic of the feed producers, feed ingredients utilized, processing activities carried out and problems militating against feed production in the study areas among others. Data collected were subjected to descriptive analysis. The study revealed that 80% of the feed producers were males. The age of the respondents was within the age bracket of 31-40 years, about 48% received tertiary education and as regard production capacity, 28% claimed they produce over 500kg of feed per day. The results also revealed that majority (80%) of the respondents owned the enterprise while 20% claimed to be managers of the enterprise. Problems faced by feed producers in the study areas include lack of capital, irregular supply of electricity and unavailability of feed ingredients. The study recommended that the government should find solution to the constraints facing animal feed producers towards securing loans especially problem associated with collateral and interest rate, feed producers should establish co-operative groups from which members could acquire loans at very low interest rates, government through the agricultural development program should monitor feed processing activities in the study areas to prevent wrong formulation of feeds and to avoid risk posed to livestock, government should provide new roads and repair existing ones, existing agricultural development and financing institutions like the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) formally Nigeria Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank (NACRBD), Bank of Industry, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) as well as commercial and microfinance banks should be encourage and monitored with a view to make full implementation of government policies regarding agricultural development.
Keywords
Livestock, Feed, Feed Mills, Economy, Nigeria
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