Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 23 ISSUE 4
Written by Peter Otunaruke EMAZIYE, Sarah ENWA, Ufuoma Godstime SORHUE, Favour Ogheneoyoma EFE

The study’s main objective was to examine the profitability of poultry production and its constraints. Data were collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire which was evaluated using descriptive statistics, 4 Likert scale and regression analysis. The data analysis reveals that most poultry farmers were male with a mean farming experience of 8 years. Most respondents were married while the mean family size was 7 persons with a secondary educational level. The study revealed that sex (0.002), age (0.000), farming experience (0.000) and education (0.000) have significant positive effect on the poultry production profitability while household size (0.739) had an insignificant positive effect on the poultry production profitability. The study recommends that poultry farmers’ inputs should be subsidized by Government to reduce the cost of inputs and give technical support to poultry farmers to enhance poultry business development thereby resulting in more profit.

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