Economics of poultry waste management policy in South East Nigeria: Exploring the determinants using choice experiment model

Background: The study was motivated by the lack of poultry waste management policy in Nigeria to develop better initiatives for the development of green and alternative energy sources to mitigate climate change. Multiplicities of researches have neglected the research in this area despite the environmental health concerns and benefits associated with it. Methods: The study was conducted in 2019. Three states with a high concentration of poultry farmers in South East Nigeria were selected. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select poultry farmers and policy actors for the study. Data sourced from primary sources were analyzed with descriptive statistics inferential statistics and a choice experiment model. Result: The result from the study showed that all the farmers depended on fossil fuel for processing and preservation while only 5.79 per cent depended on biogas energy sources. In addition, the study showed that the farmers’ preference for pollution control was significantly determined by pollution fee (p less than 0.01), biogas subsidy (p less than 0.01), technical standard (p less than 0.01) and manure handling rate (p less than 0.01) and the manure market (p less than 0.01). The result of the interaction of the coefficient of variable showed that socio-economic characteristics were significantly determined by education (p less than 0.05) and environmental condition assessment (p less than 0.01). The study suggests the incorporation of biogas subsidy in the national subsidy framework to attract the deserved attention from farmers, private and public on the economic and health benefits of environmental protection.