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Resource Use Efficiency in Poultry Production in Bureti District, Kenya

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  • Vincent, Ng’eno
  • Lagat, B.K.
  • Korir, M.K.
  • Ngeno, E.K.
  • Kipsat, Mary J.

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Poultry production is one of the most important economic activities to the smallholder farmers of Kenya. However, constraints are evident which have resulted in low production of poultry and poultry products to meet population demand and for socio-economic sustainability of the livelihoods. The objective of the study was to determine resource use efficiency, optimal production levels, production systems of small-scale poultry farmers in Bureti district, Kenya. Primary data were obtained using a set of structured questionnaires from 300 representative farmers drawn from the study area using cross-sectional sampling techniques. Data were analyzed by Cobb-Douglas production function. The results showed that the resources used in poultry production were underutilized while others were over utilized. The efficiency indicators for poultry feeds (0.0603) showed that poultry feeds were inefficiently used. Labour efficiency indicator (-0.091) showed that farmers were not only grossly inefficient in the use of the resource but also over utilized it while the efficiency indicator (60.86) for poultry equipment implied the resource was inefficiently utilized. It is recommended that farmers should use inputs more efficiently (particularly feeds which were being inefficiently utilized) by reducing their levels of employment.

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  • Vincent, Ng’eno & Lagat, B.K. & Korir, M.K. & Ngeno, E.K. & Kipsat, Mary J., 2010. "Resource Use Efficiency in Poultry Production in Bureti District, Kenya," 2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa 97094, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaae10:97094
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.97094
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