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PROJECT DURATION

Ongoing

PROJECT 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
five hundred shillings)
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 Eggs in tries per day Chicken eaten per day
Local Exotic Local Exotic
Restaurant
Gilman Valley 2 1 3 2
Planet Guest 2 2 2 1
House
London Hotel 3 - 2 1
Highway Hotel 1 - 1 1
Friends Pub 1 1 1 -
Fortland 1 1 1 1
Omuhereeza 2 - - -
food joint

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 TOATL RIS NAADS
VALUE VALUE
Chicks(local 500 1,000 500,000 500,000
s)
Chick mash 15 53,000 795,000 795,000
Growers mash 36 51,000 1,836,00 1,836,00
0 0
Layer’s mash 52 52,000 2,704,00 2,704,00
for 2 months 0 0
Layer’s mash 206 52,000 10,712,0 10,712,0
for 8 months 00 00
Saw dust 25 5,000 125,000 125000
Brooding 5 4,000 20,000 20000
pots
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 10 300 3,000 3000
syringes
Gumboro 3 3500 10500 10,500
vaccine vaccinatio
ns
Typhoid 1 10000 10000 10,000
vaccine vaccinatio
n
Fowl pox 1 25,000 25,000 25,000
vaccine vaccinatio
CONTRIBUTION
ITEM QUATITY UNIT TOATL RIS NAADS
VALUE VALUE
n
New castle 3 3,500 10,500
vaccine vaccinatio
ns
De-wormer 60 suckets 3,500 210,000 210,000
Egg 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 2 140,00 140,000 140,000
0
Spade 2 5,000 10,000 10000
Nest boxes 100 2,500 250,000 250,000
Weighing 1 150,00 150,000 150,000
scale 0
Disinfectant 20 ltr 10,000 200,000 200,000
Jerican 6 4,000 24,000 24000
Soluble 8 suckets 5,000 40,000 40,000
vitamins
Miscellaneou 1,500,00 1,500,00
s 0 0

TOTALS 20,840,5 11,050,0 9,790,50


00 00 0

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