■ Netherlands a country of about 18million population ranked 3rd in the global Livestock commodity market in 2018.
■ With favourable Federal, State and Local governments policies coupled with the use of scientific and commercial management, Livestock ( poultry ) can redeem the endless depreciation of the Naira .

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GOOD POLICY
Poultry farmers can get enough returns from investment through well managed chicken value chain and effective poultry management training and capacity building in Feed mill, Chicken processing, Distribution, Hatchery, Logistics and retailing with favourable policies from: Federal, State and Local government authorities.
In Nigeria, Lagos State had the highest density of poultry population in time past but pressure on land as a result of urbanisation riddled her of this position coupled with the unrestricted importation of frozen poultry products via the porous land borders with the neighbouring countries ,however, pockets of commercial poultry farms with various capacity abounds in Epe, Ikorodu, Badagary , Eti Osa, Alimoso and Agege Local Government areas of the state.

NATIONAL POULTRY DEVELOPMENT
The aforementioned shall be discussed under the following headlines:
●Poultry Development
●Strategy For Implementation.
– The programme is designed to establish poultry estates.
– Its nationwide in the 774 LGAs.
– Each poultry house will accommodate 10000 broilers, Cockerell and laying birds.
– Modern automatic cages well fitted rearing penswill be put in place to improve management.
– The government will provide infrastructures and the prospective operators.
– The lease will be for a period of 12 – 18 months.depending on the poultry enterprise renewable annually.
– Operators will be organised into cooperatives societies to take advantage of large production and institutional linkages.
– Each participant will be allotted space for a minimum of 500 birds
– Emphasise will be on Broilers, Cockerell and Layers(egg production ).
– Targeted beneficialries include women, youths and other investors with minimum of qualification of senior secondary school certificate and a fliar for poultry farming.

●Role of Government.
– Provide perimeter fencing
– Provide the layout and poultry pens.
– Provide administrative block.
– Electricity.
– Borehole.
– Road network.
– Capacity building/ extension services.

ROLES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
• Slaughtering , processing, packaging and blast freezing
• Feed mill
• Security.
• waste processing plant..

●Role of Allotees
– Management of birds / poultry pens.
– Cooperation with other Allotees.
– Input funding.
– Output marketing.
– Joint security by Allotees.
– Waste management.

●Individual Allotee Details.
– Each Allotees will be allocated space for a minimum of 500 birds to manage.
– Every successful applicants will pay lease rent.
– Each Allotees will pay for common services along with other cooperative members.

● Capital Expenditure
– Land development
– Perimeter fencing
– Construction of administrative blocks.
– Construction of battery cage house.
– Borehole
– Battery cage
– Electrification including transformer.
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● Recurrent Expenditure for Production of 500 broilers.
– 4 stove (heater )
– Coalpot/ Charcoal
– 2 Shovel,wheelbarrow,
– 500 Broilers chicks
– 30bags broilers stsrter feed
– 120bags of broilers finisher.
– Drugs and vaccines.
– Labour wages.
– Electricity charges.

● Income (hypothetical )
— 475 broilers × #2000 = 950000 – Recurrent expenditure = Total profit per year.

●Recurrent Expenditure for the production of 1000 broilers.

●Income

● Recurrent Expenditure For the management on 500 point of lay birds till end of lay.

● Income per annum on management 500 laying birds.
● Laying birds being managed in automated battery cage system.
● Battery cage showing Automated feeding system.
● CONCLUSION..

■ ENTERPRENUAIL MANAGEMENT (INSURANCE / FINANCING ).
●Agricultural Insurance Scheme.
—- Introduction
Agricultural Cooperatives face some challenges that are peculiar to Agriculture such as vagaries of weather, disease out brake, flooring etc.that are militating against the production and threatening their existence. As a result of these many of the Agricultural cooperatives have gone moribund hence the need for agricultural Insurance.
• The insurance scheme shall increase investment in agriculture towards ensuring food security and against any uncertainty.
• The scheme shall liaise with viable Insurance companies to underwrite the high risk and uncertainty at minimal rates and rapid response level.
—- Objectives
The primary aim is to provide financial compensation to policy holders to ameliorate the effect of any misfortune , looses or sudden bad occurrences such as diseases outbreak, death, bad bebts, and other hazards like fire, flood, theft etc.
☆ The specific objective include:
• Linkage of Agricultural cooperative societies and farmers to reliable Insurance companies to ensure security of their investment in agriculture.
• Cooperative farmers and other stakeholders in the food chain to insure their interest in order to minimise the effects of hazards of natural disaster/ disease attacks.
• Putting in place insurance scheme that will ensure the safety and guarantee of funds and investment of Cooperative farmers.
• To ensure that clains are paid to beneficiaries promptly in case in case of any eventualities.
—- Funding & Modalities
•The funding will be provided from the pool of accumulated contribution ( premium) of all farmers participating in the scheme.
• Premium shall be be built into the projects and programmes being sponsored partly or wholly by government.
• A percentage of this premium charged by the Insurance Company shall be paid to the Agricultural insurance unit as commission for services rendered between 5 -10%.

—– Role of Agencies
The Insurance unit: would link farmers and governmentproje5 to insurance company in order to facilitate cover and reduce looses by collecting claims.
• The company : Agricultural insurance policy shall be handled by companiesthat have registered with the scheme.
• The company shall provide an insurance cover for all loans , funds, implements , machinery and all agricultural facilities being disbursed by government to farmers.
• The monitoring and evaluating office: shall be responsible for monitoring to ensure that all facilities covered are are in good state ; agreed commission and compensation where eligible are being paid and also ensure that all government Agricultural projects are insured.
—- Operational Modalities
• An INSURANCE CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (ICC ) duly signed by the director of cooperative services shall be issued by the insurance unit before any loan facility or grant is disbursedto any farmer or Agricultural society.
• A memorandum of understanding ( MOU ) shall be signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperative and the insurance company involved in this scheme.
—– Procedures for Agricultural Insurance.
• The insurance unit shall collate all the required forms that has been filled and submitted by farmers and liaise with the insurance company for adequate insurance cover.
—– Coverage.
● Coverage will cover production, processing, storage and marketing of agricultural products and equipment like:
• Fisheries, fishing nets , artificial ponds.
• piggery , poultry, poultry pens and equipment, other livestocks.
• Arable crops , tree crops etc.

The above is a brief summation of how a viable poultry enterprise could be developed.

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