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SENEGALESE
POULTRY
INDUSTRY
EXPANDS WITH
VARIQUS
BOTTLERE
Since Senegal became independent in
poultry industry was influenccd
production. Despite the
1960, the. poultry industry has become an
’ by the drought in two ways: 1) it
devastation of thc drought, the
causcd a drastic lack of fecd
situation rapidly stabilized in thc
important source of animal protein for the
supply for poultry and 2) bcef,
following years.
Sene$alese.population. The industry has
mutton and goat prices droppcd
considerably. As a result of lowcr
opportunities, to grow further, but it first
red meat prices, consumcrs
Consumption
has to remove major bottlenecks.
bought more of these mcats and
far less poultry. Further, tht*
According tu thc FAO’s (l~ood >III<!
drought affected the broilcl
Agriculture Organisation)
by El Hadji Fallou Guèye, htit~te O~AT&KL~
Husba&~ md BWC&L~,
industry more than the egg
estimation, thc Senegalcse
UniuersityofHohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany
industry because farmers reacted
population’s consumptian rri
-~
. ..~
quickly and stopped meat
poultry products is increasing.
Europeans following the nation’s
-_---
-.-..
-.
independence in 1960. Today, the
Erratic rainfall over the last 29
years has caused Senegal, like
many Sahelian countries, to
commercial poultry sector
FREQUENCY OF TECHNICAL PRODUCTION PARAMETERS OF
ixperience a drastic decrease in
constitutes about 30 percent of
BROILER FARMS IN THE REGIONS OF DAKAR AND THIES
igricultural and animal pro-
total national poultry stock and is
iuction. In the wake of the
mainly controlled by active and
Import~n~~ofp8ul/r~~lotks
:esulting animal protein deficit,
retired state employees.
<SO0
500~ 5000
> 5000
;he Senegalese government
In 1960, the national poultry
Percent,
;upported poultry production
flock was estimated at 381,000
Chickr mortolity ot the
ievelopment in hopes of providing birds but, from 1960 to today, the
O-I%
100
0
0
;he population with nutritious
flock showed an average growth
kj.r?-. -_-. ._ -.-_
0
100
100
md affordable animal products.
rate of about 19 percent. This
Mortolity during the
ti a result of that support, the
expansion cari be subdivided into
?-7%
7 3
70.
100
loultry industry’s modern sector
two periods. The first period, from
7.10%
.?
30 .
0
las grown rapidly to become an
1960 to 1980, was characterized
Age ot the time of sale:
mportant protein source for
by an extremely high growth rate
40 - 50 days
3 3
6 0 ’
50
:onsumers, as well as a substan-
of over 23 percent; the second
Lu*~.-. .__
-67
4 0
50
,ial source of income for poultry
period, from 1980 to 1985, was
Averoge live weight ot
reepers. Despite this early boom,
characterized by a low growth
1.2.1.7kg
33
70
50
lowever, the poultry indus@ still
rate of about 3 percent. Since
!8-N!i!-__
67
30
50
àces a variety of bottlenecks.
1985, however, thero has been a
Feed conversion*
higher positive trend of about 17
43
78
100
percent.
ndustty development
57
22
0
The low growth rate of the second
:ommercial poultry farming was
period was caused by a
ntroduced to Senegal by
devastating drought in 1983. Thc
.__ _.
BO-ITLENECKS
The Senegalese poultry industry
is faced with various bottlenecks,
includin
the following:
l poultry arming is generally
4
considered a source of
addition4 income, not os a full-
time occupation
l bad design of poultry houses,
which contributes
to insufficient
h y iene conditions
l hig1 prices of imported h brid
“Complexe avicole de M’gao”, near Dakar, which
‘5énégalaise de Distribution de Matériel Avicole”
lines (broilers and layers ,r
provides poult
farmers withday-old chicks,
(SEDIMA) for su plyes poultry formers with doy-
particularly after the 50 ercent
feeds, feed adI;y*
Itlves, equipments ond consulting
old chicks, feeBs ond equipments
P
devaluation ofthe CFA ranc in
January of 1994
l high prices for commercial
The per capita egg consumption
CFA francs (US$%.70 ta 3.201 ~CI
Commercial poultry
feedstuffs, especially during
increased from 1.14kg in 1985 to
kg. This is about l!j percent less
production
eriods of feed shorta e
2.4 kg in recent years. Likewise,
than those ofmutton and beef.
P
l ow knowledge of pou Btry
per capita poultry meat con-
One chicken egg costs about 60 to
Sencgal’S COrIl nlcrcitll pou1 11‘4’
farmers, lar ely responsible for
sumption jumped from 2.96 kg in
65 CFAfrancs (U!!G$O.13 to 0.14)
p r o d u c t i o n i s lxtsed on wlttt ivct1.v
modest per?ormances
1985 to over 5.8 kg. This
and a 30-egg crate about 1,300 to
modcrn techniques. Factors
*non-existence of technical
represents an consumption
1,500 CFA francs (US$2.7 to 3.2).
which may contribute to furthcl
troining for farmers, especially
increase of 107 percent for eggs
Another factor to consider is,
dcvclopmcnt includc implcuncn-
in order to improve the quality of
and 95 percent for poultry meat.
though chicken meat is priced
tation ofco-opcrativcs nnd direct
feeds produced within the farms
Despite this positive trend, the
competitively, the average yearly
flights from Europe which make
l bad adaptation of production’s
consumption of poultry products
income of a Senegalese is only
regular imports of feed additives
rhythm to the market and
is still considered low when
about US$ 600-650.
and veterinary products possible.
periodic pressures from
compared with consumption of
Consequently a large majority of
Locally available, high-quality
competition
with other pes of
other meat (10 kg) and fïsh
Senegalese consumers cari rarely
feedstuffs also help to dcvelop thc
meut e.g. afier a perio 1o f
(30 kg). Since Senegalese
afford to regularly buy poultry
Senegalese poultry industry.
drought
consumers do not generally own
products for their nutrition.
In spite ofthese advantagcs, thc
*pressure of competition
with
freezers in which to store meat,
Although chicken meat is highly
Scnegalese commercial poultry
various cheap imported poultry
they often purchase living birds
appreciated by the Senegalese
production is beset with many
products (eggs and meut)
and slaugh-ter them at home.
population, most only consume
difficulties. In the late 1980.x
Poultry formers must overcome
Since cost surely plays a part in a
poultry meat on occasions of ritual
dwindling poultry unit numbers
these difficulties
in order to
Consume?s decision to buy
or religious ceremonies. It is
could partially be blamed on
improve their situation.
chicken meat, it is important that
therefore assumed that
cheap chicken meat imports
Furthermore, the Senegalese
the industry remain competitive.
consumption Will go up as soon
(mainly from Europe) saturating
government must exert,
The average chicken meat prices
there is a rise in incomc.
the market. The lower priced
immediately and definitively,
varyfrom about 1,300 to 1,500
imported chicken meat forced
strong controls or bans over all
many farms to switch their focus
imports of poultry products.0
-
to table egg production, which
1
. . .
rcsulted in a trend away trom
single bird-type farms to mixad
I)ird uni&. About 13 percent of
i;iycr fùrms antl 1Y petxxill III’
Iwoilcr fhrtns t,odayonly qwztte
tiut.i~igcscc~~)tionnl rnarki~l* pr-io!,
L(J tdigious fiuts.
Poor conditions
1lost niod(>rn hroilcr i\\u.tlltr~
txisc six ilocks p~~t’~~n~~un~ in,
usually, poorly vcntilatc>tl houscn
Fvhere hygicnc is no1 ~1 ~nain
concern. Such poor condit ions
cause ii high incitlcncc 0I’
Gxtious discasc (o.g coccidiosk.
Newcastle CliscaSc md (~atnborct~.
This is especially the case in
broiler farms with small flocks.
Studies show a positivta
correlation bctwcen the c-ix antl
obtaincd performance
oFhroilct
fiirms (7hbl~ 2). Gwwr,tll~.
.
WORLD POULTRY-Misset
Volume 13, No 7, ‘97
SENEGALESE
POULTRY
INDUSTRY
EXPANDS WITH
VARIQUS
BOTTLERE
Since Senegal became independent in
poultry industry was influenccd
production. Despite the
1960, the. poultry industry has become an
’ by the drought in two ways: 1) it
devastation of thc drought, the
causcd a drastic lack of fecd
situation rapidly stabilized in thc
important source of animal protein for the
supply for poultry and 2) bcef,
following years.
Sene$alese.population. The industry has
mutton and goat prices droppcd
considerably. As a result of lowcr
opportunities, to grow further, but it first
red meat prices, consumcrs
Consumption
has to remove major bottlenecks.
bought more of these mcats and
far less poultry. Further, tht*
According tu thc FAO’s (l~ood >III<!
drought affected the broilcl
Agriculture Organisation)
by El Hadji Fallou Guèye, htit~te O~AT&KL~
Husba&~ md BWC&L~,
industry more than the egg
estimation, thc Senegalcse
UniuersityofHohenheim,
Stuttgart, Germany
industry because farmers reacted
population’s consumptian rri
-~
. ..~
quickly and stopped meat
poultry products is increasing.
Europeans following the nation’s
-_---
-.-..
-.
independence in 1960. Today, the
Erratic rainfall over the last 29
years has caused Senegal, like
many Sahelian countries, to
commercial poultry sector
FREQUENCY OF TECHNICAL PRODUCTION PARAMETERS OF
ixperience a drastic decrease in
constitutes about 30 percent of
BROILER FARMS IN THE REGIONS OF DAKAR AND THIES
igricultural and animal pro-
total national poultry stock and is
iuction. In the wake of the
mainly controlled by active and
Import~n~~ofp8ul/r~~lotks
:esulting animal protein deficit,
retired state employees.
<SO0
500~ 5000
> 5000
;he Senegalese government
In 1960, the national poultry
Percent,
;upported poultry production
flock was estimated at 381,000
Chickr mortolity ot the
ievelopment in hopes of providing birds but, from 1960 to today, the
O-I%
100
0
0
;he population with nutritious
flock showed an average growth
kj.r?-. -_-. ._ -.-_
0
100
100
md affordable animal products.
rate of about 19 percent. This
Mortolity during the
ti a result of that support, the
expansion cari be subdivided into
?-7%
7 3
70.
100
loultry industry’s modern sector
two periods. The first period, from
7.10%
.?
30 .
0
las grown rapidly to become an
1960 to 1980, was characterized
Age ot the time of sale:
mportant protein source for
by an extremely high growth rate
40 - 50 days
3 3
6 0 ’
50
:onsumers, as well as a substan-
of over 23 percent; the second
Lu*~.-. .__
-67
4 0
50
,ial source of income for poultry
period, from 1980 to 1985, was
Averoge live weight ot
reepers. Despite this early boom,
characterized by a low growth
1.2.1.7kg
33
70
50
lowever, the poultry indus@ still
rate of about 3 percent. Since
!8-N!i!-__
67
30
50
àces a variety of bottlenecks.
1985, however, thero has been a
Feed conversion*
higher positive trend of about 17
43
78
100
percent.
ndustty development
57
22
0
The low growth rate of the second
:ommercial poultry farming was
period was caused by a
ntroduced to Senegal by
devastating drought in 1983. Thc
.__ _.
BO-ITLENECKS
The Senegalese poultry industry
is faced with various bottlenecks,
includin
the following:
l poultry arming is generally
4
considered a source of
addition4 income, not os a full-
time occupation
l bad design of poultry houses,
which contributes
to insufficient
h y iene conditions
l hig1 prices of imported h brid
“Complexe avicole de M’gao”, near Dakar, which
‘5énégalaise de Distribution de Matériel Avicole”
lines (broilers and layers ,r
provides poult
farmers withday-old chicks,
(SEDIMA) for su plyes poultry formers with doy-
particularly after the 50 ercent
feeds, feed adI;y*
Itlves, equipments ond consulting
old chicks, feeBs ond equipments
P
devaluation ofthe CFA ranc in
January of 1994
l high prices for commercial
The per capita egg consumption
CFA francs (US$%.70 ta 3.201 ~CI
Commercial poultry
feedstuffs, especially during
increased from 1.14kg in 1985 to
kg. This is about l!j percent less
production
eriods of feed shorta e
2.4 kg in recent years. Likewise,
than those ofmutton and beef.
P
l ow knowledge of pou Btry
per capita poultry meat con-
One chicken egg costs about 60 to
Sencgal’S COrIl nlcrcitll pou1 11‘4’
farmers, lar ely responsible for
sumption jumped from 2.96 kg in
65 CFAfrancs (U!!G$O.13 to 0.14)
p r o d u c t i o n i s lxtsed on wlttt ivct1.v
modest per?ormances
1985 to over 5.8 kg. This
and a 30-egg crate about 1,300 to
modcrn techniques. Factors
*non-existence of technical
represents an consumption
1,500 CFA francs (US$2.7 to 3.2).
which may contribute to furthcl
troining for farmers, especially
increase of 107 percent for eggs
Another factor to consider is,
dcvclopmcnt includc implcuncn-
in order to improve the quality of
and 95 percent for poultry meat.
though chicken meat is priced
tation ofco-opcrativcs nnd direct
feeds produced within the farms
Despite this positive trend, the
competitively, the average yearly
flights from Europe which make
l bad adaptation of production’s
consumption of poultry products
income of a Senegalese is only
regular imports of feed additives
rhythm to the market and
is still considered low when
about US$ 600-650.
and veterinary products possible.
periodic pressures from
compared with consumption of
Consequently a large majority of
Locally available, high-quality
competition
with other pes of
other meat (10 kg) and fïsh
Senegalese consumers cari rarely
feedstuffs also help to dcvelop thc
meut e.g. afier a perio 1o f
(30 kg). Since Senegalese
afford to regularly buy poultry
Senegalese poultry industry.
drought
consumers do not generally own
products for their nutrition.
In spite ofthese advantagcs, thc
*pressure of competition
with
freezers in which to store meat,
Although chicken meat is highly
Scnegalese commercial poultry
various cheap imported poultry
they often purchase living birds
appreciated by the Senegalese
production is beset with many
products (eggs and meut)
and slaugh-ter them at home.
population, most only consume
difficulties. In the late 1980.x
Poultry formers must overcome
Since cost surely plays a part in a
poultry meat on occasions of ritual
dwindling poultry unit numbers
these difficulties
in order to
Consume?s decision to buy
or religious ceremonies. It is
could partially be blamed on
improve their situation.
chicken meat, it is important that
therefore assumed that
cheap chicken meat imports
Furthermore, the Senegalese
the industry remain competitive.
consumption Will go up as soon
(mainly from Europe) saturating
government must exert,
The average chicken meat prices
there is a rise in incomc.
the market. The lower priced
immediately and definitively,
varyfrom about 1,300 to 1,500
imported chicken meat forced
strong controls or bans over all
many farms to switch their focus
imports of poultry products.0
-
to table egg production, which
1
. . .
rcsulted in a trend away trom
single bird-type farms to mixad
I)ird uni&. About 13 percent of
i;iycr fùrms antl 1Y petxxill III’
Iwoilcr fhrtns t,odayonly qwztte
tiut.i~igcscc~~)tionnl rnarki~l* pr-io!,
L(J tdigious fiuts.
Poor conditions
1lost niod(>rn hroilcr i\\u.tlltr~
txisc six ilocks p~~t’~~n~~un~ in,
usually, poorly vcntilatc>tl houscn
Fvhere hygicnc is no1 ~1 ~nain
concern. Such poor condit ions
cause ii high incitlcncc 0I’
Gxtious discasc (o.g coccidiosk.
Newcastle CliscaSc md (~atnborct~.
This is especially the case in
broiler farms with small flocks.
Studies show a positivta
correlation bctwcen the c-ix antl
obtaincd performance
oFhroilct
fiirms (7hbl~ 2). Gwwr,tll~.
.
WORLD POULTRY-Misset
Volume 13, No 7, ‘97