COSTS AND RETURN ANALYSIS FOR SHORT PERIOD SMALL SCALE CATTLE FATTENING IN KANO STATE NIGERIA

Abstract

The study was conducted to assess the costs and return for short period cattle fattening enterprise for increase income in some selected Local Governments Areas, Kano State, Nigeria. A Multistage sampling techniques was adopted in selecting a total of 146 sampled of cattle fatteners. Data were analyzed using net farm income and multiple regression models. The costs and return to cattle fattening was conducted on Adamawa Gudali, Red Bororo, Sokoto Gudali, White Fulani breeds, and pooled result for easy assessment of costs and return. The result revealed that total cost of production amounted to N175, 369.2, N197, 479.5, N194, 548.1, N214, 614.4, N197, 635.8 for Adamawa Gudali, Red Bororo, Sokoto Gudali, White Fulani breeds, and pooled result respectively. However, the total cost of fattened cattle and its manure were N205, 051.3, N233, 058.7, N231, 156.9, N232, 181.7,
N229, 521 for Adamawa Gudali, Red Bororo, Sokoto Gudali, White Fulani breeds, and pooled result respectively. The total net farm income was N29, 682.1, N35, 579.2, N36, 608.8, N17, 567.25, N31, 885.2 respectively; the return per naira invested was 0.169k, 0.180k, 0.188k, 0.081k, and 0.161 k respectively; the study recommended that cattle fatteners should be encouraged to fatten more than one cattle at a time so as to enjoy economies of scale in inputs use and ensure higher profit.