Agriculture

Business plan of poultry farming  in Teso South – Busia County

A General Overview for an Entrepreneur

 POULTRY FARM AS A FORM OF BUSINESS

Alakara proposes to establish a poultry farm  located at Teso South, Busia County.  The business is proposed to specialize in the rearing and sales of broilers, mixed breed, kienyeji  and manure. The proposed target market are families/households, restaurants, hotels, students, and event planners.

The mission is to improve on the existing quality of poultry product while ensuring affordability and availability as well as to create an excellent customer relationship.

The business would be set up as a limited liability company. The vision of the business is to become one of the largest and most successful poultry farms in Busia County and its environment. Also to provide employment to the local people in the community.

This business will meet some societal needs such as improve the standard of living of our employees by creating employment, development of more entrepreneurs and serve as source of encouragement to the youths as well as contributing to the development of the state by paying tax.

The business of poultry farm involves some risks such as the outbreak of disease, flood, inferior vaccine and fire. However, the intention is to reduce this risk by giving the birds the right proportion of vaccine as well as standard and quality vaccines which will be purchase from a reliable supplier. We will locate our farm on a highland, and will maintain a safety precaution policy by making fire extinguishers available in the farm.

It is necessary to consider some of the things that will aid the success of the business. The essence of this it to remind the investor of the indispensable value of these factors to the success or otherwise of the business. In the following paragraphs, I will be citing some of the prerequisite to the daily up-running of the business and its success in the long run.

Firstly, availability of capital or fund is like the heart of the business. It should be noted that funds must be available at all times. Also, expertise, training and retraining of staff is necessary. It is crucial for staff to undergo trainings as a means to acquire knowledge on know-how which will eventually contribute to the growth of the business.

For the housing, it is intended to use alternative poultry production which is a form of deep litter system of housing such that the poultry house will be properly ventilated. One must make sure there is enough space to give the birds maximum ventilation and reduce heat in other to improve the overall health of the birds. The space required depend on body weight, climate conditions and type of housing system. In this case, it is approximately about 540 cm (0.6 square feet) per kg. (Prabakaran 2003, 14.)

Additionally, the structure of the poultry house needs to be built to prevent the intrusion of animals. It needs to be surrounded by compacted borders of about 1.20 meters wide. The area must be kept free of weeds, scrap and any other object or obstacle. The farm will be located at about 30 meters or more from a road connecting to the poultry farms and distance of 12 meters from another poultry farm of the same 8 species. It therefore must be located at a distance of at least 12 meters from another house. Fencing of the poultry farm is also necessary. The proposed poultry house will be enclosed with a fence such that it will prevent entering of humans and animals. This fence should reach a height of at least 1.50 meters from the ground. Lastly, the floors of the house will be concrete to enable the ease of cleaning and disinfection and it will be elevated to about 30 cm above the surroundings level. (Sharon 1981.).

Water is an importance aspect of poultry farming. It is intended to provide water for the birds through a water borehole system which should already be made available in the location and ensure proper treatment to the water storage facilities. 1000 capacity poultry requires about 600 liters of water daily (Prabakaran 2003,11). Similarly, feed is important as well, a farm may fail in the attempt to reduce cost of feeding. It is recommended to buy the feed from a reliable distributor of poultry feeds. This will prevent malnutrition as well as make the bird grow fast and healthy. Farm should only venture into self-production of feeds if they have the knowledge.

Managerial skill and technical know-how: The company will be managed by someone who has the knowledge of business, managerial and leadership skills. It is necessary to employ an experience staff who will be charged with the responsibility of feeding the birds. However, experts will be consulted when and where necessary.

The proposed market is a niche market, the farm will be located where the closest poultry farm is some kilometers away which will allow us to focus on our immediate environment. Assurance of market is based on the quality of our product and services, so by having a standard and quality product the marketing is sure. The value propositions are to produce healthy and sizable chicken, rich manure Which can be used in crop farming , good customer relationship and goodwill messages. A full business plan is avaiable upon request.

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