Farmer’s perception on the benefits of poultry production in Abuja Municipal Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

This study is a descriptive survey on the perceived benefits of poultry production and constraints faced in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Federal Capital territory, Nigeria. A total of 133 poultry farmers were randomly selected and interviewed using structured questionnaires. A mean score of ≥ 2.5 on a four-point Likert-type scale was considered an important factor on benefits of poultry production. Results indicated that poultry keeping fosters poverty alleviation, improves standard of living and increase income as evidenced by mean scores of 3.86, 4.02 and 3.99 respectively.  Respondents with a high mean score attests that poultry keeping assist in ensuring food security (4.12), reduce unemployment rate and boost the country’s gross domestic products (4.42). In descending order of importance, perceived constraints to poultry production were; disease outbreak (35.55%), high cost of feed (24.8%), insufficient finance (20.7%), lack of market (13.2%), pilfering of farm produce (5.8%) and low manpower (10.7%). Since poultry production is perceived to play beneficial roles in the study area, close attention must be placed on developing strategies that will reduce or remove identified constraints which can impede the growth of the industry