Open AccessINCOME AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ABILITY OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE) POULTTRY FARMING PARTICIPATION IN OGUN STATE
Author(s) -
Taiwo Alimi,
DO Odogun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v28i1.2067
Subject(s) - ogun state , agriculture , agricultural science , poultry farming , production (economics) , descriptive statistics , business , agricultural economics , economics , socioeconomics , geography , statistics , mathematics , environmental science , archaeology , local government , forestry , macroeconomics
The paper focuses on tbe performance of NDE scheme poultry farming participants of Ogun State of Nigeria. Preiiminary data were collected on the poultry production activities of the participants, and Were analysed using descriptive statistics, budgetary technique and markov chain process. Results of the analyses indicated that poultry farming was profitable, and the return to management was higher than the income earned by peers in the civil service job. The participants turn-over rate (desertation from the scheme) was low as a result of negative satisfaction with the level of income earned. The mean poultry farm size kept by the participants was higher than the target kept by the NDE programme while employment generation capacity was lower. Increase in mean poultry farm size was predicted until the year 2020 when equilibrium will be attained and about 99% of the participants will be having poultry enyterprise size of more than one thousand birds if the prevailing production and business environment persists. Increased poultry farm size is suggested for the participants to achieve the employment generation capacity target of five regular labour.