FACTORS AFFECTING EGG SUPPLY BUSINESS IN KENYA: A SURVEY OF THIKA WEST DISTRICT
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper examines factors affecting egg production and distribution business in Thika West district. The district has for the past twenty years ranked among the top producers of eggs in the country. However in the past few years the business has been growing marginally over the past few years. A drop by 30% in production is expected in the year 2013 if proper interventions are not put in place. The purpose of this study was to analyze the factors (cost of input, market structures, poultry diseases and capital) that affect egg supply business with the view of coming up with the recommendations on how to enhance growth of business in Thika west district. The target population in this study was 1014 poultry farmers, 25 feeds manufacturers and 128 wholesalers and middlemen. A sample size of 101 poultry farmers’ 25 feeds manufacturing firms and 39 wholesalers and middlemen was selected through simple random sampling. Data was collected using questionnaires. The collected data was analyzed through qualitative and quantitative methods and presented in tables and figures. Based on the results of the findings, the research concludes that the cost of inputs has gone up drastically over the last fifteen years as compared to the price of eggs and this has negatively affected the industry leading reduced supply of eggs at high price in the district. In order to reduce the cost of feeds the government should subsidize the inputs such as fertilizers that are used in the farms to produce the feeds’ raw materials such as cornflower, cotton seed cake and wheat pollard.
Authors and Affiliations
Kang’ethe F. Muiruri| School of Human Resource Development Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Correspondence Email: muiruri_francis@yahoo.co.uk, Willy Muturi| School of Human Resource Development Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology Correspondence Email: muiruri_francis@yahoo.co.uk
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