INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ABILITY OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT (NDE) POULTTRY FARMING PARTICIPATION IN OGUN STATE

Abstract

The paper focuses on tbe performance of NDE scheme poultry farming  participants of Ogun State of Nigeria.  Preiiminary  data were collected on the poultry production activities of the participants, and Were analysed using descriptive statistics, budgetary technique and markov chain process. Results of the analyses indicated that poultry farming was profitable, and the return to management was higher than the income earned by peers in the civil service job. The participants turn-over rate (desertation from the scheme) was low as a result of negative satisfaction  with the level of income earned. The mean poultry farm size kept by  the  participants  was  higher than the target kept by the NDE programme while employment generation capacity was lower. Increase in mean  poultry farm size was predicted until the year 2020 when equilibrium will be attained and about 99% of the participants will be having poultry enyterprise size of more than one thousand birds if the prevailing production and business environment persists. Increased poultry farm size is suggested for the participants to achieve the employment generation capacity target of five regular labour.