A survey of broiler production in the Blantyre Agricultural Development Division, Malawi

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• Respectively, Lecturer in Monogastric Nutrition and Poultry Nutrition, MSc student in Animal Science, and Meat Scientist and Head, Animal Science Department, University of Malawi. The authors wish to thank all farmers for their willingness to participate in the survey, the personnel of BLADD and local leaders in the study area for their coop eration and assistance, and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), through the MSc Southern African Centre for Cooperation in Agricultural Research (SACCAR)/GTZ project at the University of Malawi (Bunda), for financial assistance.
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