Indigenous chicken production in Kenya: II. Prospects for research and development

Poultry production and in particular indigenous chicken (IC) production has been recognised as an avenue to improve livelihoods of the rural households. Previous attempts to improve their productivity have had little success due to, among others, lack of a holistic approach in solving the constraints and dissemination of inappropriate technologies given the production circumstances and market dynamics.   Marketing as a constraint is often blamed for the failure of interventions to improve livel