Sustainability of Poultry Egg Distributors in Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Council of Imo State Nigeria

Abstract

The study was carried out on the Sustainability of Poultry egg distribution in Ezinihitte Mbaise local government council of Imo State, Nigeria. The primary data used were obtained using structural questionnaires administered to 1000 egg distributors in the study area. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data. The result showed that 40% of the distributors were between 41-60 years, 35% were married and Professional Agriculturalist 44% were fully involved in poultry eggs distribution. 88% of the respondents had formal education, 58%were males that are fully engaged in egg distribution. Egg distribution in the study area had set-backs due to bad road networks which created hindrance to egg distribution to retailers and consumers.