Assessment Of Urban Poultry Production Practices In Addis Ababa With Emphasis On Egg Production Product Marketing Feed Quality And Waste Management

The study was conducted with the objectives of assessing the existing poultry productionrnsystems and constraints in Addis Ababa and identifying potential intervention areas forrnimproving the performance of the enterprise. A two-stage sampling technique was used tornselect Sub-cities and poultry farmers. A total of 156 poultry farmers were included in thernstudy. For egg quality analysis, a total of 120 eggs were collected from four groups of farmsrn(30 eggs from each group) based on their formulated feed sources. Four major formulatedrnlayers feed samples were subjected to nutrient composition analysis. For the marketingrnsurvey, 30 local retail shops, 30 collectors and 30 supermarkets were included. For poultryrnproducts utilization assessment, 25 restaurants, 25 pastries and 25 snack houses and 105rnurban consumers were included. Most of the households (57.1%) were female-headed. Thernpoultry farmers obtained foundation and replacement stock from privately owned largernscale poultry farms. Most of the poultry farmers (62.2%) used the floor system of housingrnwhile 37.8% used the cage system. None of the poultry farmers did use home-mixed rationrndue to lack of knowledge (89.1%), unavailability of ingredients (7.7%) and high cost ofrningredients (3.2%). The common poultry diseases in the study area were Gumboro,rnNewcastle, Mareks, Fowl pox, Salmonella, Ecoli, Food cholera, Mycoplasmosis andrnCoccidiosis. Egg production performance was affected by family size, educational level,rnhousing system and flock size (p

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