Yemen project 279-0019 · 1978–1987 · agriculture · Consortium for International Development (CID)

Provides an overview of the USAID-supported poultry industry in Sana's and Taiz, Yemen, and gives recommendations to assist in its growth. During the period 3/8/78-4/7/78, the authors visited all large and medium poultry operations in the country as well as several small operations. They interviewed managers and owners, performed a limited demand survey in Sana's, and collected price information. Inputs to the poultry industry, their costs and availability, are detailed. Budgets and cost/benefit ratios are developed for village and commercial flocks of medium and large sizes, for both egg and poultry production. Yeman's poultry industry is based on imports - chicks, feed, equipment, technical assistance, medicants, building materials, and many other production items. The greatest weakness in the poultry industry is the lack of basic husbandry knowledge. Common problems discovered were: lack of ventilation, crowded conditions, and poor quality feed. This is where the USAID project can be most effective; i.e., in draining poultrymen and extension agents. Also, the Yeman government should establish a poultry extension service. The authors predict that, in the future, broiler productio

Source: DEC abstract, PN-AAG-326 (1978). The source's own text.