EPAR Technical Report #82
Fri, 07/16/2010
Authors: 
Kate Schneider
Robert Plotnick
Mary Kay Gugerty
C. Leigh Anderson
Abstract: 

EPAR’s Poultry Markets in West Africa series provides an overview of poultry market trends across West Africa and compares the opportunities for poultry sector development in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. The briefs in this series provide detailed country-specific poultry market analyses. The primary resources for these analyses included many reports prepared in response to the avian influenza epidemic, which may explain some of the emphasis on the importance of biosecurity in the available literature. We find that the West African poultry sector faces high production costs, safety concerns due to lack of sanitary controls, and technical constraints in processing and marketing. In addition to biological issues, the lack of breeders, marketing, and processing technology present technical constraints to poultry sector growth.  

EPAR’s Poultry Markets in West Africa series provides an overview of poultry market trends across West Africa and compares the opportunities for poultry sector development in Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. The accompanying briefs in this series provide country-specific detailed poultry market analyses. The primary resources for these analyses included many reports prepared in response to the Avian Influenza epidemic, which may explain some of the emphasis on the importance of biosecurity in the available literature. We find that the West African poultry sector faces high production costs, safety concerns due to lack of sanitary controls, and technical constraints in processing and marketing. In addition to biological issues, the lack of breeders, marketing, and processing technology present technical constraints to poultry sector growth. 

See also:

EPAR Research Brief #83: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Ghana

EPAR Research Brief #84: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Burkina Faso

EPAR Research Brief #85: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Mali

EPAR Research Brief #86: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Senegal

EPAR Research Brief #87: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Nigeria

EPAR Research Brief #88: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Côte d’Ivoire

EPAR Research Brief #89: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Niger

EPAR Research Brief #91: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Benin

EPAR Research Brief #92: Poultry Markets in West Africa: Sierra Leone

 

Type of Research: 
Research Brief
Research Topic Category: 
Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Livelihoods
Market & Value Chain Analysis
Geographic focus: 
West Africa Region and Selected Countries

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