Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in Tanzania

ABSTRACT: Dodoma's population is growing rapidly creating a high demand for food security like chicken products. However, the distribution of chickens’ management systems, breed of chicken kept, and challenges facing chicken production in Dodoma are less documented. This study focused on findin...

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Main Authors: Kelvin Ngongolo, Andrew Chota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912100170X
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spelling doaj-15a23bb5e8aa4d26a2aacf727ec356112021-06-05T06:02:30ZengElsevierPoultry Science0032-57912021-06-011006101136Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in TanzaniaKelvin Ngongolo0Andrew Chota1The University of Dodoma (UDOM), College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Biology, Box 338 Dodoma; Corresponding author:Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency (TVLA) - Tanzania Vaccine Institute (TVI), Kibaha – Bagamoyo via Baobab Road, Mitamba Area, P. O. Box 30137, Kibaha, PwaniABSTRACT: Dodoma's population is growing rapidly creating a high demand for food security like chicken products. However, the distribution of chickens’ management systems, breed of chicken kept, and challenges facing chicken production in Dodoma are less documented. This study focused on finding out the productivity of chicken in terms of flock size and how it is affected by the management system, types/breed of chicken keeping, and evaluating the challenges facing chicken production in Dodoma. A cross-sectional survey using a semi-structured questionnaire was used to generate data from the two randomly selected districts namely, Kongwa and Dodoma Municipal. The results showed that the average flock size was significantly (P < 0.0001) higher in Dodoma municipal (mean = 124.56 ± 35.08, n = 200) than in Kongwa district (mean = 42.55 ± 5.54, n = 200). Broiler and layers keeping under the intensive system were dominant in Dodoma municipal while local breed chicken under the free-range system was dominant in Kongwa district (P < 0.001). Diseases were the main challenge facing chicken production. It was eminent that, diseases and other challenges such as theft, predation, lack of experts, unavailable space and huts for keeping chicken, and insufficient feed staffs for chicken significantly lowered the chicken production in Dodoma (P < 0.05). It is conclusive that, the demand for chicken products in Dodoma is higher and will continue to increase. There is a need for chicken keepers to increase production to overcome the current deficit. The increases in production should go hand in hand with solving the challenges which face chicken production in Dodoma.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003257912100170Xchickenproductionmanagementchallengedodoma
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Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in Tanzania
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production
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challenge
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Andrew Chota
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title Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in Tanzania
title_short Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in Tanzania
title_full Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in Tanzania
title_fullStr Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the Dodoma region in Tanzania
title_sort chicken production, flock size, management systems, and challenges in the dodoma region in tanzania
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series Poultry Science
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publishDate 2021-06-01
description ABSTRACT: Dodoma's population is growing rapidly creating a high demand for food security like chicken products. However, the distribution of chickens’ management systems, breed of chicken kept, and challenges facing chicken production in Dodoma are less documented. This study focused on finding out the productivity of chicken in terms of flock size and how it is affected by the management system, types/breed of chicken keeping, and evaluating the challenges facing chicken production in Dodoma. A cross-sectional survey using a semi-structured questionnaire was used to generate data from the two randomly selected districts namely, Kongwa and Dodoma Municipal. The results showed that the average flock size was significantly (P < 0.0001) higher in Dodoma municipal (mean = 124.56 ± 35.08, n = 200) than in Kongwa district (mean = 42.55 ± 5.54, n = 200). Broiler and layers keeping under the intensive system were dominant in Dodoma municipal while local breed chicken under the free-range system was dominant in Kongwa district (P < 0.001). Diseases were the main challenge facing chicken production. It was eminent that, diseases and other challenges such as theft, predation, lack of experts, unavailable space and huts for keeping chicken, and insufficient feed staffs for chicken significantly lowered the chicken production in Dodoma (P < 0.05). It is conclusive that, the demand for chicken products in Dodoma is higher and will continue to increase. There is a need for chicken keepers to increase production to overcome the current deficit. The increases in production should go hand in hand with solving the challenges which face chicken production in Dodoma.
topic chicken
production
management
challenge
dodoma
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