The study sought to identify the standard
practices required by youths in broiler processing and
marketing enterprise in Abia State using survey
research design. The study had 4 specific purposes, 4
research questions and 4 hypotheses. The population of
the study was 111 made up of 74 agricultural extension
agents and 37 poultry farmers in the State. There was
no sampling because the whole population was
manageable. A structured questionnaire containing 49
items was used for data collection. 3 validates who are
experts in animal science validated the instrument while
Cronbalch alpha coefficient was used to test the
reliability and a reliability of .81 was obtained. The
instrument was administered with the help of 4 research
assistants. 99 copies of the questionnaire were retrieved
from the respondents and analyzed using mean,
standard deviation for research questions and t-test to
test the null hypotheses. From the result of the analysis,
it was found that there are 8 standard practices
required by youths in planning for broiler processing
and marketing enterprise, there are 12 standard
processes required in processing broiler for customers,
there are 17 standard facilities and tools required in
processing broiler, there are 12 standard practices
required by youths in marketing processed broiler in
Abia State. It was also found that there was no
significant difference between the mean response of
broiler farmers and extension agents in all the items.
Among the recommendations made were that on the job
training programs such as workshops or seminars be
organized for poultry farmers in the State skill
acquisition centers in order for them to improve on
their business enterprise, schools should build the
identified standard practices into the curriculum of
animal husbandry so that the graduates can be up to
date on broiler processing best practices and that
government should try to assist in providing the
standard facilities and tools through the schools, skill
centers, farmers cooperatives etc to further fine-tune
and encourage broiler processing and marketing
enterprise to the required standard.