Study on Productive Performances, Constraints, and Opportunities of Improved Chicken under Village Production System in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia

Table 4

Ranking of constraints of improved chicken production in the study area.

Variable of constraints	Respondents’ ranks (R)																Index	Ranked
	1^st		2^nd		3^rd		4^th		5^th		6^th		7^th		8^th
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Prevalence of disease	93	71.00	22	16.80	8	6.10	1	0.80	3	2.30	2	1.50	1	0.80	1	0.80	2.341	1
Improper veterinary services	3	2.30	30	22.90	41	31.30	19	14.50	13	9.90	8	6.10	8	6.10	9	6.90	1.160	2
Attacks of predators	8	6.10	25	19.10	24	18.30	21	16.00	27	20.60	13	9.90	11	8.40	2	1.50	1.075	3
Shortage of concentrate feed	4	3.10	25	19.10	25	19.10	26	19.80	26	19.80	13	9.90	11	8.40	1	0.80	0.900	4
Lack of knowledge about modern chicken management	11	9.90	6	4.60	9	6.90	28	21.40	20	15.30	33	25.20	13	9.90	9	6.90	0.648	5
High price of concentrate feed	1	0.80	10	7.60	2	1.50	24	18.30	25	19.10	39	29.80	18	13.70	13	9.90	0.542	6
Lack of access market	4	3.10	11	8.40	19	14.50	9	6.90	7	5.30	8	6.10	52	39.70	21	16.00	0.503	7
Limited supply of improved chicken/breeds	7	5.30	3	2.30	3	2.30	7	5.30	11	8.40	14	10.70	15	11.50	71	54.20	0.249	8