Assessment Of Current Situation Of Ostrich Farm In Khartoum State

Abstract

This study was carried out in Khartoum state to assess the current situation of wildlife farming focusing on Ostrich farms. Recently attention of Ostrich farming has high significance multiple values for Ostrich and this study was carried out in the period 4/2018-6/2018. There are 34 wildlife farms in Sudan half of them are located in Khartoum only two farms have interest in breeding Ostrich all this farms registered in Wildlife Conservation General Administration (WCGA). I collected information by visit field of farms and direct contact or via telephone moreover returning to records in WCGA The Nile farm in east Nile locality Alalphoon make appoint of breeding black neck Ostrich site of collection from Saudi Arabia and the original site South Africa and the farm established in the year 2013 for commercial purpose and it property to investor Alsadig Hassan there is 700 Ostrich in area of 300 acre Wildlife Research Center farm in Bahry locality and has interested breeding red neck Ostrich, and the site of collection from Al Geteena it was established in year 2014 for scientific research and it follow wildlife Research Center it found 7 Ostrich mixed with other wild animals. The study shows that in terms of economic issue there is no factories to zeal the investor to go in this realm and little interest in products also no local markets in addition to lack of awareness for the communities. Ostrich farming in the Sudan is so poorly established in numbers and stocks to allow statistical significance of such trend farms progress. The study recommend that it is more important intensive scientific research and cooperation with association bodies and facilitation the procedures for establishing the farms.