Evaluation of Sources of Information for Raising Village Chickens in Bauchi State, Nigeria (Short Communication)

An evaluation of sources information for raising village chickens was conducted among 72 farmers from nine communities in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Eight farmers were selected based on their experience and ownership of more than 20 chickens by members of the community during a group discussion session held with farmers, poultry traders and butchers and community leaders. The result showed respondents were mostly full-time farmers (65.3%) who were married (98.4%) and over 18 years of age with over 5 years of experience in village chicken farming (77.8%). A combination of Radio and community were identified by most respondents (32%) as their major source of information on village chicken production. Schools, on the contrary, were the least reported source of agricultural information (3%). Diversifying sources of information could likely enhance the effectiveness of reaching farmers with technical information on raising village chickens.