poultry project proposal

PROJECT DURATION Ongoing

PROJECT LEGAL OWNER Rural Integrated Systems (RIS)

STATION AND COUNTRY Kyegegwa District, Uganda

PROJECT IMPLIMENTORS Rural Integrated Systems (RIS)

TARGET GROUP Local Farmers of Kyegegwa

OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT To improve the welfare of the local people by using the least resources they have; in this case keeping indigenous chicken on a large scale using the cheapest technology.

FUNDING REQUIRED UGX 9,790,500 (Nine million seven hundred and ninety thousand five hundred shillings)

INTRODUCTION In

nearly

all

Ugandan

rural

areas,

poultry

production

is

predominantly based on a free-range system utilising indigenous types of domestic fowl. This method is implemented by families owning the birds. It means that the birds are left to scavenge to

meet

their

nutritional

needs.

Housing

may

or

may

not

be

provided and where this is done, usually local materials are used for construction. With the birds scavenging, it means that there is minimal management with some variations of gender roles in the activities. The health of the birds is not guaranteed because no disease control programmes are being implemented. Hence the birds are exposed to many disease conditions such as Newcastle disease has been noted as the most prevalent and devastating poultry disease in many African countries. Parasites are also prevalent due to unfavorable

condition.

In

spite

of

this

low-input

by

rural

farmers on their production, free-range birds play many socioeconomic roles. With

the

above,

Rural

Integrated

Systems

(RIS)

intends

to

reignite the rearing of the indigenous birds in Kyegegwa with more

concern

disease

on

control

their and

a

quick widened

multiplication, market

for

high

all

level

of

participating

farmers and a long run help individuals sustain themselves.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES •

To be the model farmer in this technology of indigenous fowl (chicken) keeping in Kyegegwa.

•

To

help

enhance

practical

skills

in

all

actively

participating local farmers of Kyegegwa in the local fowl (chicken) technology. •

To

exploit

the

raw

market

of

indigenous

chicken

upon

increasing the scale of rearing.

PROBLEM STATEMENT Kyegegwa

is

farmers

with

a

peri-urban

different

district

farming

occupied

activities

by

some

small of

scale

which

are

limited by lack of know-how and inadequate information and thus technologies to implement. This therefore calls for enlightening all

the

actively

involved

farmers

and

households

on

the

enterprise of indigenous chicken keeping on large scale which requires small land yet yields high returns. And this is what RIS intends to do.

TECHNICAL STUDY OF THE PROJECT RIS intends to carry out the project based on the following: Case 1: The average flock size per household in Kyegegwa is about three cocks and six hens. Sexual maturity is attained at 6 and 5 months among females and males respectively. Egg hatchability

varies

widely between farmers

or

households

and the clutch sizes ranged between 7 - 19 eggs per clutch, with a mean of 13(thirteen) eggs. Say out of six hens four a ready to incubate and they are assigned 10 eggs each and a 90% hatching is a success then the household has 36 new

chicks and if synchronised hatching is implemented then the home can afford 10 chicks every week out of 3 synchs. And this is a technology RIS has used and would like to model to the Kyegegwa farmers. Case

2:

economic roles

Indigenous

chicken

welfare

rural

e.g

on

in

introduction

contribute

families

and

ceremonies,

to

basic

various which

sociocultural

vary

from

community to community. In spite of the introduction of exotic commercial birds, indigenous birds have maintained a lead

role

in

rural

areas they can

also

be

used in

a

livestock stocking process by a barter system thus locally kept poultry keeping can be considered the beginning of livestock production.

Case

3:

Indigenous

chicken

are

highly

disease

resistant

relative to the exotic and if like the exotic are kept on large scale there would very low input yet high output upon sales. For instance, Newcastle disease is a major poultry disease

in

rural

areas

of

Uganda

and

at

RIS

we

do

it

quarterly that is a doze of 500 birds is about 3500 UGX hence 14000 UGX annually on treatment (other prophylactic vaccines not considered) yet one cock can go for 15000 UGX. So a home has over 20 cocks set apart and fed on broiler mash this would be a good return. Case 4: Indigenous chicken are highly nutritious compared to the exotic since the cholesterol content is very low, this

in

turn

makes

them very expensive

relative to

the

exotic, and this market in Kyegegwa alone RIS has failed to

satisfy but with more elite farmers RIS would like to serve Kampala’s as well. Basically feeding of day old chicks is as follows; –

From the 6th week to the 8th week every bird will need 2kg of feed during this time sorting can locally be done between the hens and cocks if locally hatched at home.

–

From the 8th to 20th they will require 8kg feed per bird.

– And if hens, they will require 35kg of feed per bird per year –

If cocks each bird requires 150gm of feed(broiler’s mash) per day until the day of sale

Egg lying: Laying nests are provided to cater for egg safety organized routine duty of picking them. A healthy bird will give about 250 to 300 eggs a year this depends highly on the breed of the bird as well. The most expensive part to a lay farmer if the local birds increased in number would be feeding, however though not yet stared at RIS, we intend also to model to them how to mix their own feed.

MARKET ANALYSIS This is a random sampling from the poultry and poultry products consumers in Kyegegwa the data is not analyzed but serves the purpose and does not include shops and retailers. Table 1 Hotel or

Eggs in tries per day

Chicken eaten per day

Local

Exotic

Local

Exotic

Gilman Valley

2

1

3

2

Planet Guest House

2

2

2

1

London Hotel

3

-

2

1

Highway Hotel

1

-

1

1

Restaurant

Friends Pub

1

1

1

-

Fortland

1

1

1

1

Omuhereeza

2

-

-

-

food joint

From the table above the market is 336 tries per month for only these yet there are more than 20 kiosks and restaurants.RIS seeks to

satisfy

this

demand

through

modeling

to

other

farmer

to

increase production.

PROJECT OUTCOMES •

Acquisition

of

practical

and

management

skills

by

RIS

and

participating farmers. •

The

project

will

also

act

as

a

guideline

for

enterprise

selection for farming communities in Kyegegwa. •

Generation of money from the sales of eggs and birds upon curling off.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION RIS has a management committee which reports to the projects director on a weekly basis along monthly meeting during which reports

is

reviewed

and

follow

ups

made

to

cub

down

the

challenges encountered and analyze the successes and failures of individuals in that months.

SUSTAINABILITY Like before RIS intends to use the expected increased internally generated funds from the sales of the project’s products to keep running.

While modeling to the local farmers some technologies will be taught to them at a small affordable cost of not more than 10000 UGX.

THE BUDGET CONTRIBUTION ITEM Chicks(local s)

QUATITY

UNIT

TOATL

VALUE

VALUE

RIS

NAADS

500

1,000

500,000

500,000

Chick mash

15

53,000

795,000

795,000

Growers mash

36

51,000

1,836,00 0

1,836,00 0

Layer’s mash for 2 months

52

52,000

2,704,00 0

2,704,00 0

Layer’s mash for 8 months

206

52,000

10,712,0 00

10,712,0 00

Saw dust

25

5,000

125,000

125000

Brooding pots

5

4,000

20,000

20000

Charcoal

5

12,000

60,000

60000

Lamps

4

12,000

48,000

48000

1OO ltr

2,200

220,000

220,000

Feeders

15

4,000

60,000

60,000

Needles and syringes

10

300

3,000

Gumboro vaccine

3 vaccinatio ns

3500

10500

10,500

Typhoid vaccine

1 vaccinatio n

10000

10000

10,000

Fowl pox vaccine

1 vaccinatio

25,000

25,000

25,000

Paraffin

3000

CONTRIBUTION ITEM

QUATITY

UNIT

TOATL

VALUE

VALUE

RIS

NAADS

n New castle vaccine

3 vaccinatio ns

3,500

De-wormer

60 suckets

3,500

210,000

210,000

Egg formulas

40 suckets

7,500

300,000

300,000

Gumboots

4 pairs

12,000

48,000

Overalls

4

30,000

120,000

120,000

Wheel barrow

2

140,00 0

140,000

140,000

Spade

2

5,000

10,000

100

2,500

250,000

250,000

1

150,00 0

150,000

150,000

20 ltr

10,000

200,000

200,000

6

4,000

24,000

8 suckets

5,000

40,000

40,000

Miscellaneou s

1,500,00 0

1,500,00 0

TOTALS

20,840,5 00

Nest boxes Weighing scale Disinfectant Jerican Soluble vitamins

10,500

48000

10000

24000

11,050,0 00

9,790,50 0