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AWARENESS OF POULTRY FARMERS ON QUAIL PRODUCTION IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA: IMPLICATION FOR EXTENSION SERVICE DELIVERY ON PROTEIN NUTRITIONAL SUSTAINABILITY
Abstract
This paper. examins the awareness of poultry farmers on quail production 111 K wara State, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used to collect information from eighty randomly sampled poultry farmers from the Poultry Association of Nigeria in Kwara State. Majority (75%) of the poultry farmers shows a low awareness level on the characteristics of quail birds and its products. Correlation analysis reveals a significant relationship between the respondents' age, education and their awareness level. It is recommended that extension agencies should improve their efforts on the information and awareness of poultry farmers about quail production.
... From the viewpoint of the commercial quail meat production, the high resistance of quail to infectious diseases is also beneficial [1,7,12,16]. This reduces the cost of veterinary protection and care, makes it possible to obtain environmentally friendly products without the use of antibiotics, and requires less vaccination [17]. ...
... Summarized GWAS results for growth and meat traits in male quails of the F 2 reference population are presented in Table 3 (see also the respective GWAS statistics in Supplementary Information). Accordingly, there were significant associations of BW1 with 58 SNPs localized on CJA 1,2,4,5,[13][14][15]17,25,and 28. The largest number of putative SNPs was observed on CJA5 (20 SNPs), whereas their smallest numbers were on CJA 1, 4, 17, and 25 (one to two SNPs). ...
... At the final age of grown quails, the number of identified significant SNPs associated with BW56 was smaller than that for BW1 and amounted to 18 SNPs. These SNPs were located on CJA 1,2,3,4,8,12,14,17,and 18. Hereby, the maximum number of significant SNPs was found on CJA8 (five SNPs), and the minimum on CJA 1, 3, 4, 12, and 18 (one SNP on each). According to the GWAS analysis for ADBWG in the period from 1 to 56 days, there were eight putative SNPs associated with this indicator and identified on CJA 3,8,14,and 18. ...
The search for SNPs and candidate genes that determine the manifestation of major selected traits is one crucial objective for genomic selection aimed at increasing poultry production efficiency. Here, we report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for traits characterizing meat performance in the domestic quail. A total of 146 males from an F 2 reference population resulting from crossing a fast (Japanese) and a slow (Texas White) growing breed were examined. Using the genotyping-by-sequencing technique, genomic data were obtained for 115,743 SNPs (92,618 SNPs after quality control) that were employed in this GWAS. The results identified significant SNPs associated with the following traits at 8 weeks of age: body weight (nine SNPs), daily body weight gain (eight SNPs), dressed weight (33 SNPs), and weights of breast (18 SNPs), thigh (eight SNPs), and drumstick (three SNPs). Also, 12 SNPs and five candidate genes (GNAL, DNAJC6, LEPR, SPAG9, and SLC27A4) shared associations with three or more traits. These findings are consistent with the understanding of the genetic complexity of body weight-related traits in quail. The identified SNPs and genes can be used in effective quail breeding as molecular genetic markers for growth and meat characteristics for the purpose of genetic improvement.
Keywords: GWAS; genotyping by sequencing; Japanese quail; SNPs; candidate genes; body weight; meat performance traits
... Ihejirikamba (2012) refers to quail eggs as dietetic eggs which have nutrients and vital components that provide energy, resistance from illness, and encourage faster recovery of the body systems. Oladipo et al., (2014) who opined that majority (75%) of the poultry farmers shows a low awareness level on the characteristics of quail birds and its products. ...
... This suggests that increase in knowledge on Japanese quails production is indicative to achieve and sustain quail commercialization on a large scale. This corroborates the findings of Oladipo et al., (2014) which say that majority of the quail farmers have very little knowledge about quail birds, its product, and benefits derived from it. ...
The study investigated willingness of Nigerian quail farmers to accept Japanese quail for large scale productions. Snowball sampling technique was used to select Ninety quail farmers. Only 43.3% of them were willing to accept Japanese quail for large scale production. Most (66.7%) were not aware of its health values while 3.3% had excellent knowledge in quail’s management practices. Significant relationship (r = 0.466, p < 0.05) exists between farmers’ awareness and willingness to accept Japanese quail. It is recommended that extension agencies in Nigeria should provide package training to Nigerian farmers on Japanese quails’ value and management practices so as to improve their knowledge in sustainable quail production.
... Smallholder poultry farmers information needs changes over time and a robust knowledge of the information needs of these farmers is pertinent for extension organizations, researchers and policy makers to meet the needs of farmers. The design of appropriate information dissemination and rural advisory services to poultry farmers is based on an understanding of their information needs and constraints (Oladipo et al., 2014). According to Acheampong et al. (2017), the failure of a lot of agricultural extension and rural advisory services interventions have been attributed to inadequate understanding of farmers information needs. ...
This study investigated the extension and marketing information needs of poultry farmers in Nkomazi, South Africa. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data through face-to-face interviews from 91 randomly sampled smallholder poultry farmers in the area. Descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) analysis was used to analyse the correlates of the extension and marketing information needs of the poultry farmers. The results revealed that information on optimal production, disease management, feeding and water management are prominent areas where information and advisory services were highly needed by the farmers. Also, areas of high marketing information need by the poultry farmers were on product promotion and advertisement, record keeping and market outlet and strategies. Farmer's income, membership of farmer groups, and access to extension visits were significant correlates of the farmers extension and marketing information needs. The study recommended a need to improve on the implementation of the National Extension Policy by extension organisations through scaling-up their level of reach to poultry farmers in the area and ensure that the prominent areas of extension and marketing information needs highlighted are focused on when rendering extension and advisory services to the farmers.
... Nutritional protein deficiency is a major problem in developing countries such as Malawi, chicken meat and eggs which is the cheap source of animal protein in most poor resource base rural communities in the world is not able to meet the increasing demand of protein [4]. Despite the human health benefits from quail products and the profitability of rearing quails as emerging non-conventional livestock in the world, most poultry farmers in developing countries have not adapted the quail rearing as a commercial livestock enterprise. ...
... It was therefore concluded that the higher the level of formal education, the more the awareness of rainwater harvesting, and possibility to prioritize rooftop catchment. These findings concur with results by Oladipo, Olorunfemi, Adefalu, Matanmi, and Bello (2014) which indicated significant relationship between education level and awareness of farming practices among smallholder farmers. ...
The primary focus of this study was to investigate the influence of gender, formal education and social economic status on awareness of rooftop rainwater harvesting. A random sample of 310 smallholder farmers was used. A questionnaire was developed for data collection. Hypotheses were tested at α = .05 set a priori. Educational level indicated a statistically significant influence but gender and SES did not. It was concluded that formal education has statistically significant influence on awareness and adoption of rainwater harvesting. It was recommended that extension service providers consider using multimedia and diverse extension methodologies that are suitable and acceptable across demographics.
The purpose of this study was to identify the detailed socio-economic profiles of the fishers inhabiting the highest number of fishers in the state of Kashmir. The findings revealed that fishing community of this state lives in abject poverty practicing traditional fishing methods that either need improvement or replacement by modern scientific technology. Study further revealed that 99% of the population is educated up to primary level with 0% participation in extension programs and 87.5% have low information sources. Impoverishment has led to a negative impact on the socio -psychological behavior of the fishers. Fishers are facing problems in procuring basic amenities of life that mark a sure deprivation and neglect of the communityfrom governmental supports. Trainings and technological interventions alone will not help the community cope up with the financial stress, some definite support from governmental and non – governmental organizations play an instrumental role in their socio -economic upliftment. Formation of Cooperatives and Self-Help Groups (SHGs) may be a positive move to bring change in their lives and help them achieve goals they dreamt for.
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