Poultry Predation. Effects on Productivity of Village Poultry under Different Production Systems.

Scientific Study from the year 2017 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: 4.3, , language: English, abstract: This paper conducted a survey in five villages in 5 wards of Kibaha Town Council (KTC) to examine poultry production and predation causes of poultry losses in communal village areas. Qualitative and quantitative data were captured through a structured questionnaire administered to 94 households, then summarized and analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Microsoft Excel to depict descriptive statistics. From those findings it shows that combined efforts should start immediately to eliminate IHCs and their preferred habitats, including use of environmentally friendly chemicals that totally eradicate them since they were singled out as the major predator causing many financial losses in poultry industry.