E.F. GUÈYE
Regional Animal Health Centre for Western and
Central Africa, B.P. 1820, Bamako, Mali
Corresponding author: efgueye@refer.sn
Abstract
Family poultry (FP), which make up around 80% of
poultry stocks in many developing countries of Africa and Asia, are still
important. However, FP farmers are facing many constraints, including high
mortality, mainly due to Newcastle disease and currently also to the highly
pathogenic avian influenza in many countries since its occurrence in Asia in
late 2003. Significant improvements in FP production systems can be achieved
through well-designed and implemented information dissemination programmes that
endow FP farmers with necessary knowledge and skills. The setting-up of poultry
networks that enable FP farmers to acquire and share knowledge, views,
experiences as well as research and development results in FP keeping in
developing countries is discussed. Ways to improve the efficiency of information
dissemination through poultry networks by taking into account the
socio-cultural and economic environments of targeted FP farmers are also
explored.
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