ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIES AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE OF STAFF IN POULTRY PRODUCTION IN SELECTED FARMS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2019-04
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Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology
Abstract
The study examines the entrepreneurial activities and technical competence of staff in poultry production in
selected farms in Kwara State, Nigeria. Proportionate random sampling technique was used to select 147
respondents used for the study based on their sampling frame. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from
the respondents and data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, likert scale and Pearson Product Moment
Correlation. The result shows that majority of the poultry staff were male (97.5%), married (79.20%), educated
(90.8%) with a mean of 3 as average years of experience. 37.5% of the poultry staff were between the age range
of 31-35 years. The study also reveals that ability to mobilize and maximize resources and skills for the farm, keep
viable farm records, identification of training needs, with mean of 2.0 ( were among the
entrepreneurial activities that were highly performed by the poultry staff. The result further reveal that poultry
staff were very competent in handling of improved breeding stocks, brooding operation, vaccination, use of drugs,
record keeping, and feed ingredients in the study area however untimely availability of good day old chicks, high
cost of vaccination and drugs and high cost of feed ( ≥2.0) were the major setback affecting poultry production
in the study area. The study concludes that in spite of high entrepreneurial activities and high competency
observed in poultry staff, there are major setbacks affecting poultry production in the study area. The study
therefore recommends that vaccines and drugs for poultry and other veterinary use should be subsidized by
government. Moreover, capacity training and seminars for poultry staff should be done to enable them cope with
the challenges of modern poultry farming.
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Entrepreneurial Activities, Technical Competence, Poultry, Staff, Kwara State