@article{Akintunde:333628,
      recid = {333628},
      author = {Akintunde, O. K.  and Kehinde, A. L. and Busari, A. O. and  Agboola, T. O. and Olayode, G. O. and Jimoh, L. O.},
      title = {DETERMINANTS OF THE LEVEL OF RISK MANAGEMENT AMONG POULTRY  EGG FARMERS IN SOUTH-WEST NIGERIA},
      journal = {Nigerian Journal of Agricultural Economics},
      address = {2021-10-31},
      number = {2066-2023-574},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {This study was conducted among 343 poultry farmers to  assess the level of risk management in South-western,  Nigeria using Ogun State, Osun State, and Oyo State as  focal study areas. Multi-stage sampling procedure was  employed while descriptive statistics, fuzzy logic, and  ordered probit were used to analyse the study data.  Majority (98.0%) of the poultry farmers had access to  credit while only 2.0% of the farmers insured their poultry  farms. Biosecurity, medications, and mitigation were  identified as the elements of poultry risk management with  72.60%, 20.5%, and 6.9% respectively in their relative  contributions. Majority (73.5%) of the poultry farmers  operated at a low level of risk management in the study  area. Ogun State had the highest (95.5%) of the poultry egg  farmers that were on the low level of risk management while  Osun State had the least (66.9%) among the three states.  The study also revealed that the factors determining the  level of risk management include years of education (p ≤  0.05 household size (p ≤ 0.01), years of experience in  poultry farming (p ≤ 0.01), and mortality rate (p ≤ 0.01).  The study recommended that policy focus of government in  Nigeria should be geared towards improvement in the service  delivery in which extension agents should improve on  information dissemination and enlightening on biosecurity  practices to the poultry farmers as a crucial aspect of  risk management in poultry farming. Poultry farmers should  also be encouraged to utilise livestock insurance policy to  safeguard them from future risks.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333628},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.333628},
}