منصة المعرفة في منظمة الفاو بشأن سلاسل القيمة الغذائية المستدامة

Assessment of the Nigerian Poultry Market Chain to Improve Biosecurity

2008

The main aim of this report was to identify affordable interventions for improving biosecurity in the poultry value chain in Nigeria. This report analyses two principal aspects of the poultry market chain – commercialization and production – and examines and evaluates the husbandry practices of poultry producers and marketing practices in live bird markets from the point of view of biosecurity.

Countries: Nigeria
Commodities: Chicken (layer) egg, Other poultry egg, Poultry meat in general, Chicken (broiler)
Topics: Animal health, Risk management (Analysis), Risk management (Cross-sectional)
Personal author: Paolo Pagani, J.E. Yerima Abimiku, Winnie Emeka-Okolie
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Type: Case study
Format: Document
References (Download): EN