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Emir. J. Food Agric. 2007. 19 (2): 38-47 http://www.cfa.uaeu.ac.ae/research/ejfa.htm

Effect of micro-finance on small scale poultry business in South Western Nigeria

K. A. Akanni

Department of Agricultural Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, P.M.B.2002, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria Abstract: In the South Western region of Nigeria many small scale poultry farmers complain of limited access to funds. This is often linked with their low level of farm income and insufficient collateral securities. There is therefore low productivity in the sub sector. The resultant effect of this is the attendant decline in the quality and quantity of the poultry produce people now consume. These operators were selected through multi stage sampling technique. Both descriptive statistics and the Tobit regression model were used for the analysis of data. Only 76% of the farmers were up to 60 years of age while 69.64% had up to secondary school education. Average period of poultry experience was 8.06 years while the average farm household size was 12 members. 61% of these farmers sourced their funds from personal savings while 20 % used loans from co-operative societies. The sigma square (σ2) value of 0.5448 indicated a good fit for the model and a normal distribution of the error term. Level of education, years of experience in poultry keeping and number of poultry birds were positively significant variables. Intensity of funding was highest for input usage (0.1318) and least for experience (0.0013).As a policy measure, issues relating to education, years of experience, lending rates and size of poultry farms needed some attention. This was necessary to ensure a higher fund security index (FSI) for small-scale industry. Keywords: Poultry industry; fund security index; South Western Nigeria

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