Poultry business is one of the popular and fast-growing Agro
businesses in Nigeria. Unfortunately, the practice of proper
poultry waste management has often been neglected. This study
focuses on the need to contain environmental pollution arising
from such poultry wastes. The study adopted a cross sectional
survey wherein 36 poultry farmers were randomly selected from
the three local government areas that make up Etsako district of
Edo State Nigeria. Following the distribution of thirty-six
validated questionnaires, thirty-three were completed and
returned. The data obtained was tabulated and expressed in
percentages for analysis. It was shown that majority of the poultry
farmers (93.30%) had never received any formal training on
poultry waste management. It was also discovered that all the
respondents neither know how to nor treat poultry wastes before
disposal. Consequent upon the findings, this paper recommends
that proper mechanism be put in place for the collection of such
wastes for appropriate recycling for use as more ecofriendly
source of fertilizers for improving crop yield in place of chemical
fertilizers used by farmers which are not just costly but portends
destruction on the ecosystem.