Analysis of constraints faced by small scale broiler famers in Capricorn district in Limpopo province
Analysis of constraints faced by small scale broiler famers in Capricorn district in Limpopo province
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林波波省摩羯区小规模肉鸡养殖户面临的制约因素分析
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2013
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Ntuli Vusi
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Ntuli Vusi
This paper examines constraints facing small scale broiler farmers face. in Capricorn district in Limpopo Province.Simple random sampling method was used by drawing from the hat to select farmers from the population based on the list of farmers in Capricorn District. From 10 selected villages in the district, 6 farmers were sel ected in each village to give a total sample size of 60. Data were collected through structured questionnaire on personal characteristics, production, marketing and financial constraints faced by small scale broiler farmers and .. analysed with SPSS (versi on 20), using frequency counts, percentages, and multiple regression. The study revealed that majority of the respondents are women, between 41 and 60 years, married, with secondary school level education having contact with extension agents, and have inco me of less than R50, 000 annually . Prominent constraints identified as affecting small scale broiler farmers include lack of access to credit, high interests rates, short repayment period, small stock size, , inadequate infrastructure and high feed costs, difficulty to access veterinary service, lack of biosecurity knowledge, long distance to the market, lack of storage facilities limited markets, unorganized market outlets and inability to participate in the high value markets. Significant determinants of marketing constraints were age (t = 2.243), religion (t = - 2.381), frequency of extension contact (t = 2.154), type of extension agent ( - 1.699) broilers housing types (t = 2.273). Significant determinants of financial constraints were marital status (t = 1 .937), Religion (t = - 1.773), Type of extension agent (t = - 1.86) and the number of years in broiler farming ( - 2.534) while Significant determinants of production constraints were labour sources (t = - 2.084) and number of years in broiler farming (t = - 2.2 86). These results imply that as labour sources increases production constraints decreases. However as the number of years in broiler farming increase the production constraints decreases. ( Ntuli Vusi and Oladele O.I. Analysis of constraints faced by small scale broiler famers in Capricorn district in Limpopo province . Life Sci J 2013;10(1): 2 990 - 2 996 ) (ISSN:1097 - 8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com . 366