Addressing the Day-Old Chick Crisis in Southwest Nigeria: Shared Responsibility and Strategies for Sustainable Poultry Production
... the Day-Old Chick Crisis: A Threat to Southwest Food Security Poultry farmers across Southwest Nigeria are facing a deepening crisis. The cost of day-old chicks (DOCs) has surged from an average ₦520 per chick in mid-2024 to between ₦1,850 and ₦2,000 by late 2025, which is a near four-fold…
About DAWN Commission
The DAWN Commission is the dedicated technocratic institution for the sustainable development of the Southwest Region. DAWN Commission, was set up by the Governments of the Southwest States of Nigeria as the institutional and programme management body to midwife their Regional Integration Agenda. It is therefore the dedicated coordinating agency, fully empowered by the Governments to ensure the delivery of the composite development aspirations of the Region, as expressed in what has been generally adopted and known as the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN).
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