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

Table 5

Opportunities of improved chicken production in the study area.

Variables of opportunity	Respondents’ ranks (R)												Index	Ranked
	1^st		2^nd		3^rd		4^th		5^th		6^th
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
High demand of chicken and chicken product	41	31.30	21	16.03	24	18.32	27	20.61	15	11.45	3	2.290	1.2029	1
Participation of NGOs in dissemination of improved chicken	29	22.14	40	30.53	20	15.27	20	15.27	10	7.63	12	9.160	1.0882	2
Presence of government policy which encourages chicken rearing	21	16.03	39	29.77	30	22.90	10	7.63	17	12.98	14	10.690	1.0344	3
Availability of manpower	14	10.69	7	5.34	30	22.90	18	13.74	28	21.37	34	25.950	0.5633	4
Availability of microfinance for loan	6	4.58	10	7.63	15	11.45	39	29.77	32	24.43	29	22.140	0.4844	5