Impact of Poultry Research Recommendations on the Development of Poultry Industry in Khartoum State (Case Study For the Period from 1989 to 2009)

Abstract

A study was conducted to identify the impact of the recommendations of the poultry research on the development of poultry industry in Khartoum state. A comprehensive survey by distributing special designed questionnaire for poultry producers in Khartoum state during the period from March 2010 to December 2010. The scientific poultry production recommendations in Sudan were collected from 120 theses (M.Sc. - Ph.D.) for the period from 1989 to 2009 in Sudanese universities. The study showed that 60.8% of these researches were in the field of nutrition, 5.83% of them in extension, and 3.33% in management of poultry farms. The rest of the researches were specialized in other fields related to poultry production in Sudan. The study showed that 57.7% of the poultry producers were using open system for production, 47.4 % layers raised, and 41.3% broiler chicks. Study also showed that 56.5 % of poultry producers� productivity was over 70%. For administrative farm records study found that 82.2% of producers have administrative records and 79.6% of them have supervisors on their farms. The study showed that 30% of the supervisors of the farms were specialized in animal production, 26.5% veterinarians, 3.2% of agricultural engineers, and 32.6% of supervisors unspecialized. The study showed that 98.3% of poultry producers did not receive any extension service. The study concluded that poultry industry can benefit from the poultry research results from inside and outside Sudan and its recommendations in the development of this section in Sudan, through the activation of extension Unit in Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources in Khartoum State and in coordination with all parties related to poultry production, by conducting training courses, workshops and regular conferences including all poultry sector workers so as to improve and develop this filed.