Economic Analysis of Small Scale Egg Production in Gombe Local Government Area, Gombe State, Nigeda

Abstract

Tlris ~tlrdy7 i1ns colzdlicfed fo deferrlrilrc flre ccoirorrlic profitability of srtrnll-scale egg prodllctioiz ila
Gonlbe L.G.A. Gollrbe Sfnzfe. Dnfn ~ocrc collected frorrc 36 fnrr/rcrs llsitlg sitlzple rnlzdol~i sn~~lpli~zg
t e c q e . The dntn collected rocre nilnlyscd llsirlg descriptive sfntisfics, gross nrnrgijz rind f n m
jirlnrtcial rntio nrrnlysis. Tlre strrdy forrid out fhnt the jlrearz flock size zons 203 lnyers nird ~lborrf 90%
of the fnrrrrers lised irzfeilsive system of yoliltry iani~nge~aentF. eed costs nccor~rztedf or 90% of tlze
fotnl vnrinble cost of inpzit ~iscd. Tlrc stlrdy also rcucalcd flinf flze gross wargin perfarr~zer zons
N9770.19, nvernge cost per trnyflnrtlzer zoos N56.90; average revcizlie/trny/fari~z~rru ns N72.62 ntzd
nvcrngc profit zons close to N1G per trny oeggs. The fnriilers received n retlirn of N I B on evenj
Nnirn irtvested. Gross nnd opemfing rntio rocre 0.7836 nrzd 0.7783 respectively. TIzelaajor lilllitiilg
ficfors to Ilig/rer r.chnl zoere 11iglz cost of ficd njld rrlortnlify. I'rofi'fnbility coirld be elzha~zced fhrozrglz
eflicient flock irznrrngenze~zt cspcinlly on feed and keeyirlg lrlortalify r t n n~inititunt.