Establishing Animal Husbandry Enterprises

Akopọ

Everything else in this subject, genetics, nutrition, housing, and health, has been building toward one practical question: how does a person actually start a livestock enterprise and keep it standing? Good intentions and a love of animals are not enough. Every enterprise that survives its first year was tested on paper before it was tested by a single naira of real money.

In this lesson you will learn the factors a would be farmer must weigh before choosing what to keep and where to keep it, the ordered steps of setting an enterprise up, why a feasibility study must come before capital is committed, the sources of capital open to a Nigerian livestock farmer, and the real challenges that decide whether an enterprise, once started, is still standing a year later.

Awọn Afojusun

  1. State the factors to consider when establishing an animal husbandry enterprise
  2. Explain the steps involved in establishing an animal husbandry enterprise
  3. Explain the importance of a feasibility study to a new enterprise
  4. State the sources of capital for establishing an animal husbandry enterprise
  5. Explain the challenges of establishing an animal husbandry enterprise in Nigeria

Akọ̀wé Ẹ̀kọ́

Two young graduates in Ibadan each inherit ₦1,200,000 and decide to keep livestock. One spends an afternoon totalling costs, checking local egg demand, and visiting a site with a borehole nearby, before she buys a single chick. The other buys 300 day old chicks the same week, on a plot with no reliable water, forty minutes from any market. Within three months his birds are stunted and unsold, and his capital is gone. Hers is turning a small profit. Neither lacked knowledge of poultry. What separated them was whether the enterprise was established properly before it was started.

Ìdánwò Ẹ̀kọ́

Oriire fun ipari ẹkọ lori Establishing Animal Husbandry Enterprises. Ni bayi ti o ti ṣawari naa awọn imọran bọtini ati awọn imọran, o to akoko lati fi imọ rẹ si idanwo. Ẹka yii nfunni ni ọpọlọpọ awọn adaṣe awọn ibeere ti a ṣe lati fun oye rẹ lokun ati ṣe iranlọwọ fun ọ lati ṣe iwọn oye ohun elo naa.

Iwọ yoo pade adalu awọn iru ibeere, pẹlu awọn ibeere olumulo pupọ, awọn ibeere idahun kukuru, ati awọn ibeere iwe kikọ. Gbogbo ibeere kọọkan ni a ṣe pẹlu iṣaro lati ṣe ayẹwo awọn ẹya oriṣiriṣi ti imọ rẹ ati awọn ogbon ironu pataki.

Lo ise abala yii gege bi anfaani lati mu oye re lori koko-ọrọ naa lagbara ati lati ṣe idanimọ eyikeyi agbegbe ti o le nilo afikun ikẹkọ. Maṣe jẹ ki awọn italaya eyikeyi ti o ba pade da ọ lójú; dipo, wo wọn gẹgẹ bi awọn anfaani fun idagbasoke ati ilọsiwaju.

  1. Which of the following is a factor to consider when choosing a site for a livestock enterprise? A. The farmer's favourite colour B. Availability of water C. The distance to the nearest cinema D. The season of the year the farmer was born Answer: B
  2. Which of these is the FIRST step in establishing an animal husbandry enterprise? A. Constructing housing B. Sourcing foundation stock C. Conducting a feasibility study D. Marketing the produce Answer: C
  3. A feasibility study is best described as: A. A record of daily feed given to animals B. A structured check of whether an enterprise is likely to be profitable, done before capital is committed C. A veterinary inspection carried out after an outbreak D. A government tax assessment on farm income Answer: B
  4. Which of the following is a federal development bank dedicated to agricultural lending in Nigeria? A. Bank of Agriculture B. Central Securities Clearing System C. Nigerian Stock Exchange D. Corporate Affairs Commission Answer: A
  5. A pen costing 450,000 naira, 10 weaner pigs at 35,000 naira each, and equipment costing 60,000 naira. What is the total of these three cost heads alone? A. 545,000 naira B. 800,000 naira C. 860,000 naira D. 910,000 naira Answer: C

Awọn Iwe Itọsọna Ti a Gba Nimọran

Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social and Industry Perspectives
Introduction to Animal Science: Global, Biological, Social and Industry Perspectives
Atunkọ: Sixth edition
Olùtẹ̀jáde: Pearson
Odún: 2017
ISBN: 978-0-13-443605-0
Apejuwe: A comprehensive introduction to animal science covering anatomy and physiology, nutrition, genetics, reproduction, animal health and the major farm animal species and their production systems.
Small-scale Poultry Production: Technical Guide
Small-scale Poultry Production: Technical Guide
Olùtẹ̀jáde: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Odún: 2004
ISBN: 978-92-5-105082-8
Apejuwe: An FAO Animal Production and Health Paper written by a Nigerian animal scientist, covering breeds, housing, feeding, incubation, disease control and marketing for small-scale poultry keepers in developing countries.
Tropical Animal Feeding: A Manual for Research Workers
Tropical Animal Feeding: A Manual for Research Workers
Olùtẹ̀jáde: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Odún: 1995
ISBN: 978-92-5-103758-4
Apejuwe: An FAO Animal Production and Health Paper on the principles of ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition and the practical use of tropical feed resources, including crop residues and by-products, in sustainable livestock systems.

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

Ṣe o n ronu ohun ti awọn ibeere atijọ fun koko-ọrọ yii dabi? Eyi ni nọmba awọn ibeere nipa Establishing Animal Husbandry Enterprises lati awọn ọdun ti o kọja.

WAEC SSCE - Animal Husbandry - 2020

Ibeere 1 Ìròyìn

TEST OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION


(a)(i) Name the farm animal which produces specimen A (Honey).

(ii) Mention two other products which could be obtained from the farm animal named in 1(a)(i).

(iii) State four uses of specimen A.

(b)(i) Outline the steps involved in the preparation of bone meal from specimen B (Bone) for livestock feed.

(ii) State two precautions which should be taken during the preparation of bone meal.

(iii) Mention two minerals which could be obtained from specimen B.

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