Effects of Government Policies on the Poultry Subsector in Oyo State, Nigeria

This study investigated stakeholders’ perspectives on the effect of government policies on the poultry subsector in Nigeria. Information was obtained from 17 stakeholders across various poultry-related value chains. The implications of government policies on the poultry subsector in Nigeria were explored through in-depth interviews with each stakeholder. A semi-structured interview guide, tape recorder was used to collect data. Content and thematic analyses were used to analyse the data with the aid of Atlas.ti software. Issues emerging from the ban of maize importation according to stakeholders were attitudinal change and sensitization (1:31), quality of local content (1:32, 1:14), production issues (1:13, 1:19, 1:21) and policy issues (1:20, 1:22, 1:23, 1:28, 1:29, 1:30). Their perspectives on the ban of maize were both positive (1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:7, 1:8, 1:17) and negative (1:9, 1:10, 1:15). On Stakeholders indicated that the ban on poultry products importation increased local production (1:47, 1:51) and food safety (1:56, 1:58), however, others indicated that it led to an increase in the price of day-old chicks and poultry feed (1:52, 1:53, 1:54). Conclusively, the perspectives of stakeholders in the poultry subsector suggest that government policies had positive impacts. Therefore, it is imperative that policy formulation stems from stakeholders’ engagement and implementation is phased, incremental, and gradual.