Articles | Volume 63, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-63-387-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/aab-63-387-2020
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12 Nov 2020
Original study |  | 12 Nov 2020

Production performance and survivability of six dual-purpose breeds of chicken under smallholder farmers' management practices in Nigeria

Folasade Olubukola Ajayi, Oladeji Bamidele, Waheed Akinola Hassan, Uduak Ogundu, Abdulmojeed Yakubu, Olayinka Olubunmi Alabi, Oludayo Michael Akinsola, Emmanuel Babafunso Sonaiya, and Oluwafunmilayo Ayoka Adebambo

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Alabi, O. O., Ajayi, F. O., Bamidele, O., Yakubu, A., Ogundu, E. U., Sonaiya, E. B., Ojo, M. A., Hassan, W. A., and Adebambo, O. A.: Impact assessment of improved chicken genetics on livelihoods and food security of smallholder poultry farmers in Nigeria, Livestock Research for Rural Development, 32, 77, available at: http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd32/5/alabi32077.html, last access: 26 August 2020. 
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This study evaluated the production performance of six chicken breeds under different agroecologies in Nigeria for 72 weeks. Each participating smallholder poultry (SHP) farmer (2100) received about 30 birds. The breeds were ranked (highest–lowest) for growth, laying performance and survivability as Shika-Brown/Sasso>FUNAAB Alpha/Noiler>Kuroiler>Fulani. The lowland rainforest and freshwater swamp supported the highest performance of the breeds. The study could guide the development of SHP.