{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,11]],"date-time":"2026-01-11T16:19:08Z","timestamp":1768148348068,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Koozakar LLC","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["GJESS"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Nigeria poultry farmers face high energy costs and unreliable electricity supply which \nhinders their productivity. This increasing energy demand and rising energy prices have \nled to a growing interest in renewable energy sources. Hence, we assessed the cost and \nreturns to poultry production using solar energy, resource use efficiency of production, \nfactors that affect resource use efficiency and constraints faced by poultry farmers \nusing solar energy. A total of 53 poultry farmers that have adopted this innovation were \nselected through a snowballing sampling technique from 6 different states in Nigeria. \nPrimary data was used, and the objectives were analysed using profitability ratio, gross \nmargin analysis, stochastic frontier analysis, OLS regression and a 4 -point Likert scale \nrespectively. The results revealed that poultry farmers kept about 67% of the total \nrevenue generated from the sales of their output and a Return on Investment of 78 kobo \non every \u20a61 invested was realized, a technical efficiency rating of 93% was recorded \non average for the poultry farmers and this implies that the poultry farmers were highly \nresource use efficient dropping only 7% due to inefficiencies. This study also revealed \nthat cost of feeds, cost of birds, cost of labour and the solar energy technology were \nvery significant in determining the resource use efficiency. Finally, the high cost of \ninput was identified as the most significant challenge faced by the poultry farmers \nassessed. It can be concluded that adopting solar energy on poultry farms presents a \nhighly profitable solution. Furthermore, this shift offers potential benefits for \npolicymakers by reducing the sector's dependency on conventional energy sources, \npromoting sustainable agricultural practices, and supporting the formulation of policies \nthat incentivize renewable energy adoption to enhance food security and economic \nresilience.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.69798\/65594395","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,28]],"date-time":"2025-02-28T03:16:15Z","timestamp":1740712575000},"page":"108-115","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Economics of Solar Energy Usage among Poultry Farmers in Nigeria."],"prefix":"10.69798","volume":"2","author":[{"name":"University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kehinde","family":"Osasona","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mercy","family":"Salami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"name":"University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Adeola","family":"Fayemi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"name":"University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abibat","family":"Opakunle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"name":"University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peace","family":"Owolabi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"name":"University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"50185","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,1]]},"container-title":["Global Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainability"],"original-title":[],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,11]],"date-time":"2026-01-11T13:04:37Z","timestamp":1768136677000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/koozakar.com\/journals\/article\/KJ-23840272"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.69798\/65594395","relation":{},"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,1]]}}}