PROJECT DURATION
OngoingPROJECT LEGAL OWNER
Rural Integrated Systems (RIS)
STATION AND COUNTRY
Kyegegwa District, Uganda
PROJECT IMPLIMENTORS
Rural Integrated Systems (RIS)
TARGET GROUP
Local Farmers of Kyegegwa
OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE PROJECT
To improve the welfare of the local people by using the least resources they have; in this case keeping indigenous chicken on a large scale using the cheapest technology.
FUNDING REQUIRED
UGX 9,790,500 (Nine million seven hundred and ninety thousand
INTRODUCTION
In nearly all Ugandan rural areas, poultry production is predominantly based on a free-range system utilising indigenous types of domestic fowl. This method is implemented by families owning the birds. It means that the birds are left to scavenge to meet their nutritional needs. Housing may or may not be provided and where this is done, usually local materials are used for construction. With the birds scavenging, it means that there is minimal management with some variations of gender roles in the activities.
The health of the birds is not guaranteed because no disease control programmes are being implemented. Hence the birds are exposed to many disease conditions such as Newcastle disease has been noted as the most prevalent and devastating poultry disease in many African countries. Parasites are also prevalent due to unfavorable condition. In spite of this low-input by rural farmers on their production, free-range birds play many socio-economic roles.
With the above, Rural Integrated Systems (RIS) intends to reignite the rearing of the indigenous birds in Kyegegwa with more concern on their quick multiplication, high level of disease control and a widened market for all participating farmers and a long run help individuals sustain themselves.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
• To be the model farmer in this technology of indigenous fowl (chicken) keeping in Kyegegwa.
• To help enhance practical skills in all actively participating local farmers of Kyegegwa in the local fowl (chicken) technology.
• To exploit the raw market of indigenous chicken upon increasing the scale of rearing.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Kyegegwa is a peri-urban district occupied by small scale farmers with different farming activities some of which are limited by lack of know-how and inadequate information and thus technologies to implement. This therefore calls for enlightening all the actively involved farmers and households on the enterprise of indigenous chicken keeping on large scale which requires small land yet yields high returns. And this is what RIS intends to do.
TECHNICAL STUDY OF THE PROJECT
RIS intends to carry out the project based on the following:
Case 1: The average flock size per household in Kyegegwa is
about three cocks and six hens. Sexual maturity is attained at 6 and 5 months among females and males respectively. Egg hatchability varies widely between farmers or households and the clutch sizes ranged between 7 - 19 eggs per clutch, with a mean of 13(thirteen) eggs. Say out of six hens four a ready to incubate and they are assigned 10 eggs each and a 90% hatching is a success then the household has 36 new
chicks and if synchronised hatching is implemented then the home can afford 10 chicks every week out of 3 synchs. And this is a technology RIS has used and would like to model to the Kyegegwa farmers.
Case 2: Indigenous chicken contribute to basic
socio-economic welfare in rural families and various cultural roles e.g on introduction ceremonies, which vary from community to community. In spite of the introduction of exotic commercial birds, indigenous birds have maintained a lead role in rural areas they can also be used in a livestock stocking process by a barter system thus locally kept poultry keeping can be considered the beginning of livestock production.
Case 3: Indigenous chicken are highly disease resistant
relative to the exotic and if like the exotic are kept on large scale there would very low input yet high output upon sales. For instance, Newcastle disease is a major poultry disease in rural areas of Uganda and at RIS we do it quarterly that is a doze of 500 birds is about 3500 UGX hence 14000 UGX annually on treatment (other prophylactic vaccines not considered) yet one cock can go for 15000 UGX. So a home has over 20 cocks set apart and fed on broiler mash this would be a good return.
Case 4: Indigenous chicken are highly nutritious compared
to the exotic since the cholesterol content is very low, this in turn makes them very expensive relative to the exotic, and this market in Kyegegwa alone RIS has failed to
satisfy but with more elite farmers RIS would like to serve Kampala’s as well.
Basically feeding of day old chicks is as follows;
– From the 6th week to the 8th week every bird will need 2kg of feed during this time sorting can locally be done between the hens and cocks if locally hatched at home.
– From the 8th to 20th they will require 8kg feed per bird.
– And if hens, they will require 35kg of feed per bird per year – If cocks each bird requires 150gm of feed(broiler’s mash) per
day until the day of sale
Egg lying: Laying nests are provided to cater for egg safety
organized routine duty of picking them. A healthy bird will give about 250 to 300 eggs a year this depends highly on the breed of the bird as well. The most expensive part to a lay farmer if the local birds increased in number would be feeding, however though not yet stared at RIS, we intend also to model to them how to mix their own feed.
MARKET ANALYSIS
This is a random sampling from the poultry and poultry products consumers in Kyegegwa the data is not analyzed but serves the purpose and does not include shops and retailers.
Table 1 Hotel or Restaurant
Eggs in tries per day Chicken eaten per day Local Exotic Local Exotic
Gilman Valley 2 1 3 2 Planet Guest House 2 2 2 1 London Hotel 3 - 2 1 Highway Hotel 1 - 1 1
Friends Pub 1 1 1
-Fortland 1 1 1 1
Omuhereeza food joint
2 - -
-From the table above the market is 336 tries per month for only these yet there are more than 20 kiosks and restaurants.RIS seeks to satisfy this demand through modeling to other farmer to increase production.
PROJECT OUTCOMES
• Acquisition of practical and management skills by RIS and participating farmers.
• The project will also act as a guideline for enterprise selection for farming communities in Kyegegwa.
• Generation of money from the sales of eggs and birds upon curling off.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
RIS has a management committee which reports to the projects director on a weekly basis along monthly meeting during which reports is reviewed and follow ups made to cub down the challenges encountered and analyze the successes and failures of individuals in that months.
SUSTAINABILITY
Like before RIS intends to use the expected increased internally generated funds from the sales of the project’s products to keep running.
While modeling to the local farmers some technologies will be taught to them at a small affordable cost of not more than 10000 UGX.
THE BUDGET
CONTRIBUTION
ITEM
QUATITY
UNIT
VALUE
TOATL
VALUE
RIS
NAADS
Chicks(local s) 500 1,000 500,000 500,000 Chick mash 15 53,000 795,000 795,000 Growers mash 36 51,000 1,836,00 0 1,836,00 0 Layer’s mash for 2 months 52 52,000 2,704,00 0 2,704,00 0 Layer’s mash for 8 months 206 52,000 10,712,0 00 10,712,0 00 Saw dust 25 5,000 125,000 125000 Brooding pots 5 4,000 20,000 20000 Charcoal 5 12,000 60,000 60000 Lamps 4 12,000 48,000 48000 Paraffin 1OO ltr 2,200 220,000 220,000 Feeders 15 4,000 60,000 60,000 Needles and syringes 10 300 3,000 3000 Gumboro vaccine 3 vaccinatio ns 3500 10500 10,500 Typhoid vaccine 1 vaccinatio n 10000 10000 10,000 Fowl pox vaccine 1 vaccinatio 25,000 25,000 25,000CONTRIBUTION
ITEM
QUATITY
UNIT
VALUE
TOATL
VALUE
RIS
NAADS
n New castle vaccine 3 vaccinatio ns 3,500 10,500 De-wormer 60 suckets 3,500 210,000 210,000Egg formulas 40 suckets 7,500 300,000 300,000
Gumboots 4 pairs 12,000 48,000 48000 Overalls 4 30,000 120,000 120,000 Wheel barrow 2 140,00 0 140,000 140,000 Spade 2 5,000 10,000 10000 Nest boxes 100 2,500 250,000 250,000 Weighing scale 1 150,00 0 150,000 150,000 Disinfectant 20 ltr 10,000 200,000 200,000 Jerican 6 4,000 24,000 24000 Soluble vitamins 8 suckets 5,000 40,000 40,000 Miscellaneou s 1,500,00 0 1,500,00 0
