Volume 29, Issue 1, April 2020, Pages 79–87
Katunga Musale M.D.1
1 INERA Nioka, Bukavu, RD Congo
Original language: English
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Ituri province in DRC faces to malnutrition of his population. Agriculture and especially livestock have a low yield due to bad government and low assistance of farmers. Importation of food is very high. A survey was implemented on local chickens rearing in Nioka and beyond in Ituri province. Conducted at the household level, standard methods of interviews and structured questionnaires were used on characterization chicken’s production systems and commercialization. Survey began on March 27th 2017 to April 24th 2017. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis such as frequency distribution, percentages and means comparison on IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 software. Results confirmed in terms of animal husbandry, extension services and marketing channel that local chickens were mostly reared in traditional systems. Chicken’s products prices were high. To start a good program of chicken industry in this province and as well as in entire the country, selection of local chickens should before be carried out on characterization of production systems and genetic molecular analysis.
Author Keywords: DRC, survey, local chickens, characterization, production.
Katunga Musale M.D.1
1 INERA Nioka, Bukavu, RD Congo
Original language: English
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Ituri province in DRC faces to malnutrition of his population. Agriculture and especially livestock have a low yield due to bad government and low assistance of farmers. Importation of food is very high. A survey was implemented on local chickens rearing in Nioka and beyond in Ituri province. Conducted at the household level, standard methods of interviews and structured questionnaires were used on characterization chicken’s production systems and commercialization. Survey began on March 27th 2017 to April 24th 2017. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis such as frequency distribution, percentages and means comparison on IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 software. Results confirmed in terms of animal husbandry, extension services and marketing channel that local chickens were mostly reared in traditional systems. Chicken’s products prices were high. To start a good program of chicken industry in this province and as well as in entire the country, selection of local chickens should before be carried out on characterization of production systems and genetic molecular analysis.
Author Keywords: DRC, survey, local chickens, characterization, production.
How to Cite this Article
Katunga Musale M.D., “Contribution on characterization of local chicken production systems in smallholder rural farmer in Nioka, Ituri province, DRC,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 79–87, April 2020.
