Energy analysis of poultry housing in Ghana using artificial neural networks

Akolgo, Gilbert Ayine; Uba, Felix; Opoku, Richard; Tweneboah-Koduah, Samuel; Alhassan, Abdul-Rauf Malimanga; Anokye, Eric Gyimah; Jedaiah, Akimsah Osman A.; Nunoo, Ebenezer

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01313

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“…Poultry production is characterized by diverse systems i.e., broiler production and layer production. Commercial poultry production in Ghana can be categorized into large-scale (over 50,000 birds), medium-scale (10,000 -50,000 birds) and small-scale (less than 10,000 birds) enterprises (Akolgo et al, 2022). Domestic and commercial farms are privately owned by individuals or families (Mensah-Bonsu et al, 2019).…”

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Bottlenecks and Prospects of Poultry Production in Kasoa, Awutu Senya District, Ghana

Arthur

2024

OJBM

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It is widely believed that the poultry sector plays a significant role in Ghana's development by generating jobs, improving nutrition, and ensuring food security. Despite these efforts, the poultry business still faces several issues that need to be resolved. The study's objectives were to identify present challenges and opportunities associated to the poultry sector using the Awutu Senya District as a case study and offer recommendations for policy. Fifty chicken farms and ten significant poultry input suppliers in Kasoa, Awutu Senya District were chosen at random for the survey. Semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, and observations were used to collect primary data. The District Assembly, the District Veterinary Services Division, and the chicken Farmers' Association were further sources of secondary data on chicken production. Based on the analysis, the main issues faced by chicken farmers were inadequate funding, illness, and the lack of electricity in the majority of their operations. The district's poultry industry could grow thanks to opportunities provided by the existence of feed processing mills, stores selling poultry inputs, and organized markets.

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Bottlenecks and Prospects of Poultry Production in Kasoa, Awutu Senya District, Ghana

Arthur

2024

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Analysis of the Energy Efficiency of Poultry Houses in Türkiye

ASLAN

2024

Black Sea Journal of Engineering and Science

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Türkiye is an important producer, consumer and exporter in the poultry farming industry across the world. The poultry farming is one of the fastest growing sectors in the field of food and agriculture and has become one of the strongest sectors over time. Especially with the development of industrial sectors, the effective usage and management of energy, which is the most important issue of almost every business, has recently become an important structure in the building sector in Türkiye. This study examined optimum insulation layer thickness, energy savings, and emissions of CO2 for the exterior walls and roofs of poultry farming facilities. The study used the degree day method, which is widely used in standard insulation calculations, in accordance with broiler production. As the equilibrium temperature, the desired temperature values of broilers for each week in the 6-week period were taken as the basis (31, 29, 25, 23.50, 22.50, 20.50°C). Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) was applied to identify the optimal values of insulation thickness in the facilities. Accordingly, the optimum insulation layer thickness, savings amount, and payback period for the walls and roofs ranged between 0.043-0.270 m and 0.022-0.094 m, 7.53-164.65 $/m2 and 12.85-319.62 $/m2, 1.19-2.19 years and 1.18-1.99 years, respectively. It has been calculated that a 70-80% reduction in CO2 emissions could be managed by applying the optimum insulation layer thickness.

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Energy analysis of poultry housing in Ghana using artificial neural networks

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Bottlenecks and Prospects of Poultry Production in Kasoa, Awutu Senya District, Ghana

Bottlenecks and Prospects of Poultry Production in Kasoa, Awutu Senya District, Ghana

Analysis of the Energy Efficiency of Poultry Houses in Türkiye

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