Abstract: This paper is based on primary data collected from 98 poultry farms in Amman district, Irbid district in Jordan. Farms were categorized as: (A) farms having a population of less than 5000, (B) farms having a population of 5000 – 10000, (C) farms having a population of 10001 -15000, (D) farms having a population of 15001 -30000 and (E) farms having a population of 30001 and above. Results indicate that this business is adopted as major source of income; however, most of the commercial poultry farms have been closed due to lesser profits and even heavy losses during last few years. Majority of poultry farms (39.80 %) are small farms and the farmers are forced to rely on non-institutional source of credit. Seasonal and cyclical price fluctuations in input and output are found higher. Poultry producers are major stakeholders having no role in price fixation. The estimated input output ratio of poultry production is 1:1.39 (in winter) and 1: 1.75 (in summer) without marketing costs as they are added to the live weight sold to the consumer per kilogram live weight , which is estimated 0.15 to 0.2 JD / kg . The per rupee return does not look promising for investors of this sector especially in case of small farmers who are unable to reap the benefit of economy of scale.
Keyword: Poultry production, Broiler farm, Economics, Analysis, Amman, Irbid, Jordan.
Title: Economic Analysis of Poultry (Broiler) Production in Amman and Irbid District in Jordan
Author: Ahmad Abdallah Ahmad Al Khraisat
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