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 increase that is pushing smallholder …