{"id":1296,"date":"2026-07-14T00:26:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T23:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:26:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T10:26:32","slug":"poultry-farming-grows-in-abraka-amid-opportunities-and-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=1296","title":{"rendered":"Poultry Farming Grows In Abraka Amid Opportunities And Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Happiness Oghenemervueyana\/Ovie Amogbokpa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poultry farming is expanding in Abraka as demand for eggs and chicken rises among Delta State University students and residents, but farmers say high feed costs and poor power supply remain major challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agriculture remains a key sector in Nigeria, with poultry providing over 25 percent of the nation\u2019s meat protein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Abraka, the business has become popular among youths, women, and retirees due to steady demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mrs. Blessing Oni, a farmer with 2,000 broilers and 1,500 layers, said she entered poultry seven years ago because of consistent demand. \u201cStudents in DELSU, restaurants and families in Abraka buy eggs and chicken every day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She employs four workers and supplies eggs and meat to the community. However, she cited rising feed prices and fuel costs as major problems. \u201cA bag of broiler feed was \u20a69,000 last year, now it is \u20a628,000,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr. Daniel Efosa, who runs a farm with about 3,000 layers, said poultry provides daily income and supports food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He supplies supermarkets in Warri and Sapele and sells to students online. He identified capital, disease control, and market fluctuations as key challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts said poultry farming contributes to employment and nutrition but requires better support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They recommended subsidies on feed, stable electricity, access to credit, training, and processing facilities to help the sector grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Happiness Oghenemervueyana\/Ovie Amogbokpa Poultry farming is expanding in Abraka as demand for eggs and chicken rises among Delta State University students and residents, but farmers say high feed costs and poor power supply remain major challenges. Agriculture remains a key sector in Nigeria, with poultry providing over 25 percent of the nation\u2019s meat protein. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":21,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,14],"tags":[31,233,255],"class_list":["post-1296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abrakametro","category-trendingnews","tag-abraka","tag-farming","tag-livestock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1602,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1296\/revisions\/1602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}