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Avian influenza shock and performance of the chicken markets in Benin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2012

N. FOUSSENI BARRES ,
A. MENSAH-BONSU  and
D.B. SARPONG
N. FOUSSENI BARRES
Affiliation:
IFDC Ghana, Labone - Accra, Ghana
A. MENSAH-BONSU*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 68, Legon – Ghana
D.B. SARPONG
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, College of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences, University of Ghana, P. O. Box LG 68, Legon – Ghana
*
Corresponding author: [email protected] or [email protected]
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Abstract

Data from a three-year panel (2006–2008) obtained from selected respondents, was used to investigate the impact of the avian influenza (AI) outbreak on the chicken markets in Benin. The trends in sales volume and profit were used as proxy for performance. The Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) regression model was used to examine the factors affecting profit. In general, the AI outbreak adversely affected the performance of the markets during the imposition of restrictions on poultry trade. When AI broke out in Benin and poultry trade restrictions were imposed, the volume of chickens sold per market day per seller declined by 69%. Overall, the AI outbreak did not have an adverse effect on the profit made by the poultry producer/sellers and middlemen. The regression results suggested that the chicken market is more favourable in terms of profit margin for women, literates, young people, middlemen and sellers in Kolokonde regional market. The municipal authority's levy has a negative effect on profitability, while the undersupply of chickens and average volume of sales per market day and provision of market shelters have positive effects. The level of state authority's levy, provision of market infrastructure, women and youth empowerment programmes and behaviour of poultry suppliers have implications for policy measures in the poultry sector.

Keywords

Avian influenzachicken marketperformanceBenin
Type
Small-Scale Family Poultry Production
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World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 529 - 542
Copyright
Copyright © World's Poultry Science Association 2012

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Acknowledgements

We thank all contributors to the survey, particularly the PADAV officers who helped with the data collection. We are also grateful to two anonymous referees for very useful comments.

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