Ochieng J., Owuor G., Bebe B.O., Ochieng D.O.
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Egerton University, Box 536, Egerton, Kenya; African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)/CMAAE, Box 62882-00200 Nairobi, Kenya; Livestock Production Systems Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Egerton University, Box 536, Egerton, Kenya
Ochieng, J., Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Egerton University, Box 536, Egerton, Kenya, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)/CMAAE, Box 62882-00200 Nairobi, Kenya; Owuor, G., Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Egerton University, Box 536, Egerton, Kenya; Bebe, B.O., Livestock Production Systems Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Egerton University, Box 536, Egerton, Kenya; Ochieng, D.O., Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Management, Egerton University, Box 536, Egerton, Kenya
This paper emphasizes the role of management interventions package in productive performance of indigenous chickens in Western Kenya. The management intervention package comprises feed supplementation, housing, chick rearing, brooding and vaccination. The effect was analyzed using log linear regression model which takes the form of Cobb-Douglas production function. The results indicate that farmers who had adopted full management intervention package as recommended by extension service had higher productive performance than farmers who modified and selectively adopted components of management intervention package. Farm production assets, expenditure on feeds, labour, access to extension, group membership and female gender significantly influenced productivity of indigenous chickens. Therefore, rural farm households should adopt management intervention package as recommended to increase productivity, thereby improving financial and food security in rural areas. The study also recommends the formulation and implementation of pro-poor policies aimed at improving socio-economic conditions of farmers to enable them to fully adopt the recommended management intervention package.
