Ghana has taken a decisive step to shrink its meat import bill and breathe new life into rural economies. The government, together with ECOWAS and international partners, has launched a US$10 million livestock initiative designed to modernize the val...
This study examined the presence and effects of asymmetric price transmission (APT) in Nigeria's livestock markets, focusing on cattle, sheep, and goat markets across four states. The research was motivated by concerns over market inefficiencies and...
Livestock, particularly cattle, are an integral part of livelihoods in rural sub-Saharan Africa. However, diseases such as African animal trypanosomosis (AAT) have limited the potential of this important sector in the rural household economy. Using a...
In Africa, many rural farming households keep indigenous chickens (Gallus domesticus) in traditional scavenging systems characterized by low input and low output. To improve productivity, African governments and development partners disseminate a man...
This study compares the environmental impact (i.e. feed intake, water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions) of 12 different calf-production systems to produce a calf weighing 190 kg to 220 kg. A farm-level static model and a national-level dynami...
This technical brief explores strategies to enhance poultry biosecurity in Ashaiman Municipal District, Ghana. It highlights the significant growth of Ghana's poultry sector, driven by increased egg consumption and urbanization. The document highligh...
This qualitative study was developed under the Empowering women and boosting livelihoods through agricultural trade: Leveraging the AfCFTA programme, co-implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Internat...
The study assessed the sources and risks of raising poultry in Lagos State, Nigeria. After data cleaning, 127 of the 130 poultry farmers who were randomly selected using a semi-structured questionnaire were found to be suitable for analysis. The soci...
Feed constitutes a major cost component of poultry production and this cost has been steadily increasing with a resultant effect of the high cost of poultry and its products. Improving the sustainability of the poultry diet is important to meet the g...
The burden of low-quality diets and childhood undernutrition is widespread in rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa, where households rely mostly on agriculture. Various empirical studies have shown the relative importance of the market, and hence food p...
A total of sixty (60) broiler chickens 4 weeks old were used in a 28-day study. The chickens were randomly assigned to four dietary treatments (T1, T2, T3 and T4) in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Each dietary treatment was replicated three ti...
This study analyzes strategies within agricultural research, extension, and educational institutions in Nigeria aimed at meeting multiple sustainability goals.