Rabbit production has been identified as a major source of meat and an alternative of a good sustainable economic resource for the population. But, in Ivory Coast, it’s considered as a non-conventional breeding and don’t receive sufficient attention despite it was recognized as a very prolific mammal. The study aims to depict the current situation of the rabbit production and shed light on this situation in order to help the authorities for good decision-taking for rabbit production increasing. The method of survey adopted in this work was random sampling. Three cluster of breeders are identified by the survey: the small, medium and large producer. Results show that the number of rabbits per breeder varies widely from 10 to 600. Rabbit’s activity is generally practice in camps by 35% of breeders and backyards of houses by 65% of breeders in urban areas. This activity are less than ten years old and only 35% of breeders are receive a training. The number of rabbits sold per month vary from 10 to 50 rabbits for 50% of the breeders and between 60 to 150 rabbits. The most of rabbit farmers (82.35%) use commercial pellets as staple food for their rabbits and only 17.65% use fodder. Rabbit farming is therefore highly dependent on commercial pellets. Rabbit production in Côte d’Ivoire is still young and traditional. Efficient and sustainable policies must be applied like a financial support by the authorities to help the breeders to increase their activities.
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Kra Kouassi Aboutou Severin, Djama Abo Nina Raymonde, Otchoumou Kraidy Athanase, Kouadio Natia Joseph. (2022). Critical Analysis of Rabbit Production in Abidjan District, Ivory Coast. American Journal of BioScience, 10(5), 165-171. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajbio.20221005.12
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Kra Kouassi Aboutou Severin; Djama Abo Nina Raymonde; Otchoumou Kraidy Athanase; Kouadio Natia Joseph. Critical Analysis of Rabbit Production in Abidjan District, Ivory Coast. Am. J. BioScience 2022, 10(5), 165-171. doi: 10.11648/j.ajbio.20221005.12
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abstract = {Rabbit production has been identified as a major source of meat and an alternative of a good sustainable economic resource for the population. But, in Ivory Coast, it’s considered as a non-conventional breeding and don’t receive sufficient attention despite it was recognized as a very prolific mammal. The study aims to depict the current situation of the rabbit production and shed light on this situation in order to help the authorities for good decision-taking for rabbit production increasing. The method of survey adopted in this work was random sampling. Three cluster of breeders are identified by the survey: the small, medium and large producer. Results show that the number of rabbits per breeder varies widely from 10 to 600. Rabbit’s activity is generally practice in camps by 35% of breeders and backyards of houses by 65% of breeders in urban areas. This activity are less than ten years old and only 35% of breeders are receive a training. The number of rabbits sold per month vary from 10 to 50 rabbits for 50% of the breeders and between 60 to 150 rabbits. The most of rabbit farmers (82.35%) use commercial pellets as staple food for their rabbits and only 17.65% use fodder. Rabbit farming is therefore highly dependent on commercial pellets. Rabbit production in Côte d’Ivoire is still young and traditional. Efficient and sustainable policies must be applied like a financial support by the authorities to help the breeders to increase their activities.},
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