A study to assess the prices of inputs and the adoption of improved poultry
technologies by poor resource farmers was conducted in Akwa Ibom State in the
southern zone of Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling method was adopted in the
study. Th e data obtained was subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics. Th e
results show that both young and older farmers are involved in poultry production.
Th e study reveals that 78% of the farmers are married while 22% are single. About
44% of the farmers earn an annual income of N5000 – 20,000, 35% of them earn
from N21,000 – 35,000 while about 21% earn from N36,000 to over 50,000 (151 NGN
= 1 USD). Th e prices of a 25 kg poultry feeds: chick mash, starters mash, growers
mash, layers mash and fi nishers mash, prices of day old chicks, poultry equipment
and medication show some slight variations in some years and remain stable in
some during the period of study. However, the R-value of coeffi cient shows that the
socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers collectively have a signifi cant positive
but low relationship with cost of inputs adopted by the farmers. Similarly, the
socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers collectively have a signifi cantly positive
but low relationship with medication practices adopted by the farmers. Th erefore,
the peasant poultry farmers will be able to continue with production of egg and meat
protein if prices of inputs and other related services are aff ordable.