Some Management and Economic Aspects of Broiler Production in Khartoum State

Abstract

During the last decade broiler industry experienced rapid growth in Sudan particularly in Khartoum State. The objective of this paper was to study some economic and management aspects beside the problems encountered in broiler production in the state. A sample of 30 production units and 50 dealers in broiler marketing were investigated using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics namely percentage together with partial budgeting technique were used in the analysis. The study revealed that most broiler production in Khartoum metropolis was produced by the large companies and that of Khartoum North was produced by the small and medium sized units. Most of broiler units (90%) operate under the open production units. The remaining units were of closed system environment, these produce 95.4% of the total broiler production. Most of the open production units were rented (67%). About 85% of the open production units depend on purchased feed and one day old chicks and 47% of them have no technical supervision. This was opposite for the closed production units as they own the farms, produce one old chicks and adopt technical supervision. The major cost components are cost of feed, one day old chicks and depreciation on fixed items estimated at 56.7%, 28.3% and 9% respectively. The main obstacle for effective production were the high cost of feed and chicks, instable electric current and electricity cost beside farm rent.