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Effect of micro-finance on small scale poultry business in South Western Nigeria

In the South Western region of Nigeria many small scale poultry farmers complain of limited access to funds.This is often linked with their low level of farm income and insufficient collateral securities.There is therefore low productivity in the sub sector.The resultant effect of this is the attendant decline in the quality and quantity of the poultry produce people now consume.These operators were selected through multi stage sampling technique.Both descriptive statistics and the Tobit regression model were used for the analysis of data.Only 76% of the farmers were up to 60 years of age whil…